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Cisco Unified IP Phones
Cisco Unified IP Phones, as full-featured telephones, can plug directly into your IP network. H.323
clients, CTI ports, and Cisco IP Communicator represent software-based devices that you configure
similarly to the Cisco Unified IP Phones. Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
allows you to configure phone features such as call forwarding and call waiting for your phone devices.
You can also create phone button templates to assign a common button configuration to a large number
of phones.
After you have added the phones, you can associate users with them. By associating a user with a phone,
you give that user control over that device.
This section covers the following topics:
•
Phone Configuration Checklist, page 42-2
•
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones, page 42-6
•
Third-Party SIP Endpoints, page 42-21
•
H.323 Clients and CTI Ports, page 42-22
•
Cisco IP Communicator, page 42-22
•
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, page 42-23
•
Cisco TelePresence, page 42-23
•
Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator, page 42-23
•
Codec Usage, page 42-24
•
Phone Button Templates, page 42-26
•
Programmable Line Keys, page 42-30
•
Softkey Templates, page 42-31
•
Softkey Template Operation, page 42-34
•
Common Phone Profiles, page 42-35
•
Methods for Adding Phones, page 42-35
•
Phone Migration, page 42-36
•
Phone Features, page 42-37
•
Phone Association, page 42-56
•
Phone Administration Tips, page 42-56
•
Phone Failover and Fallback, page 42-60
•
Where to Find More Information, page 42-60
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Phone Configuration Checklist
Phone Configuration Checklist
Cisco Unified IP Phones, as full-featured telephones, can plug directly into your IP network. H.323
clients, CTI ports, and Cisco IP Communicator represent software-based devices that you configure
similarly to the Cisco Unified IP Phones. Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
allows you to configure phone features such as call forwarding and call waiting for your phone devices.
You can also create phone button templates to assign a common button configuration to a large number
of phones.
After you have added the phones, you can associate users with them. By associating a user with a phone,
you give that user control over that device.
Table 42-1 provides steps to manually configure phone that runs SCCP in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration. If you are using autoregistration, Cisco Unified
Communications Manager adds the phone and automatically assigns the directory number.
Table 42-2 provides steps to manually configure a phone that runs SIP in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration. If you are using autoregistration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager
adds the phone and automatically assigns the directory number.
Table 42-1
Phone Configuration Checklist for SCCP
Configuration Steps
Procedures and Related Topics
Step 1
Phone Search, page 42-56
Gather the following information about the phone:
•
Model
•
MAC address
•
Physical location of the phone
•
Cisco Unified Communications Manager user to associate
with the phone
•
Partition, calling search space, and location information, if
used
•
Number of lines and associated DNs to assign to the phone
Step 2
Add and configure the phone.
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 3
If security is required, configure the phone security profile. The
phone security profile gets added to the phone by choosing a
phone security profile in the Phone Configuration window.
Phone Security Profile Configuration, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Security Guide
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
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Table 42-1
Phone Configuration Checklist for SCCP (continued)
Configuration Steps
Step 4
Procedures and Related Topics
If the phone will be used outside of the trusted network, configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Security Guide
VPN client.
The VPN connection is used for situations in which a phone is
located outside a trusted network or when network traffic
between the phone and Cisco Unified Communications Manager
must cross untrusted networks.
Step 5
Add and configure lines (DNs) on the phone. You can also
Directory Number Configuration Settings,
configure phone features such as call park, call forward, and call Cisco Unified Communications Manager
pickup.
Administration Guide
Step 6
Configure speed-dial buttons.
You can configure speed-dial buttons for phones if you want to
provide speed-dial buttons for users or if you are configuring
phones that do not have a specific user who is assigned to them.
Users can change the speed-dial settings on their phones by using
Cisco Unified CM User Options.
Step 7
Configure Cisco Unified IP Phone services.
You can configure services for Cisco Unified IP Phones and
Cisco IP Communicator if you want to provide services for users
or if you are configuring phones that do not have a specific user
who is assigned to them. Users can change the services on their
phones by using Cisco Unified CM User Options.
Step 8
Customize phone button templates and softkey templates, if
required. Configure templates for each phone.
Configuring Speed-Dial Buttons or
Abbreviated Dialing, Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration
Guide
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Phone Button Template Configuration
Settings, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Creating Nonstandard Softkey Templates,
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 9
Configure the Busy Lamp Field feature, if required. You must use BLF/Speed Dial Configuration Settings,
customized phone button templates to configure BLF/SpeedDial Cisco Unified Communications Manager
buttons.
Administration Guide
Step 10
Assign services to phone buttons, if required.
Step 11
Provide power, install, verify network connectivity, and configure Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide
network settings for the Cisco Unified IP Phone.
for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Step 12
Associate user with the phone (if required).
Configuring User-Related Information for
End Users, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide
Step 13
Make calls with the Cisco Unified IP Phone.
See the user guide for your Cisco Unified IP
Phone.
Adding an IP Phone Service to a Phone
Button, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide
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Phone Configuration Checklist
Table 42-2 lists the configuration steps for Cisco Unified IP Phones that support SIP. For third-party
phones that run SIP, see the Configuration Checklist for Third-Party Phones That Are Running SIP in
the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Table 42-2
Phone Configuration Checklist for SIP
Configuration Steps
Procedures and Related Topics
Step 1
Phone Search, page 42-56
Gather the following information about the phone:
•
Model
•
MAC address
•
Physical location of the phone
•
Cisco Unified Communications Manager user to associate
with the phone
•
Partition, calling search space, and location information, if
used
•
Number of lines and associated DNs to assign to the phone
Step 2
If configuring a phone that runs SIP in a secure mode, configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager
the SIP Phone Port in the Cisco Unified CM Configuration
Configuration, Cisco Unified
window.
Communications Manager Administration
Guide
Step 3
If security is required, configure the phone security profile. The
phone security profile gets added to the phone that runs SIP by
choosing a phone security profile in the Phone Configuration
window.
Phone Security Profile Configuration, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Security Guide
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 4
If the phone will be used outside of the trusted network, configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Security Guide
VPN client.
The VPN connection is used for situations in which a phone is
located outside a trusted network or when network traffic
between the phone and Cisco Unified Communications Manager
must cross untrusted networks.
Step 5
Configure the SIP Profile. The SIP Profile gets added to the
phone that runs SIP by choosing the profile in the Phone
Configuration window.
SIP Profile Configuration Settings, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
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Table 42-2
Phone Configuration Checklist for SIP (continued)
Configuration Steps
Procedures and Related Topics
Step 6
Phone NTP Reference Configuration Settings,
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
If you are using NTP for the timing synchronization, configure
the NTP server by using the Phone NTP Reference Configuration
window. Add the NTP server to Date/Time Group Configuration
and then assign the date/time group to the device pool. Add the
device pool to the phone that runs SIP by choosing the device
pool in the Phone Configuration window.
Date/Time Group Configuration Settings,
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Device Pool Configuration Settings, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 7
If you want the digits to be collected before sending them to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, configure a dial plan
for the phone that runs SIP. Add the SIP Dial Rule to the phone
that runs SIP by using the Phone Configuration window
SIP Dial Rule Configuration Settings, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 8
Add and configure the phone that runs SIP.
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 9
Add and configure lines (DNs) on the phone. You can also
Directory Number Configuration Settings,
configure phone features such as call park, call forward, and call Cisco Unified Communications Manager
pickup.
Administration Guide
Step 10
Configure speed-dial buttons.
You can configure speed-dial buttons for phones if you want to
provide speed-dial buttons for users or if you are configuring
phones that do not have a specific user who is assigned to them.
Users can change the speed-dial settings on their phones by using
Cisco Unified CM User Options.
Step 11
Configure Cisco Unified IP Phone services.
You can configure services for Cisco Unified IP Phones and
Cisco IP Communicator if you want to provide services for users
or if you are configuring phones that do not have a specific user
who is assigned to them. Users can change the services on their
phones by using the Cisco Unified CM User Options window.
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Configuring Speed-Dial Buttons or
Abbreviated Dialing, Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration
Guide
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
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Table 42-2
Phone Configuration Checklist for SIP (continued)
Configuration Steps
Procedures and Related Topics
Step 12
Phone Button Template Configuration
Settings, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide
Customize phone button templates and softkey templates, if
required. Configure templates for each phone.
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Creating Nonstandard Softkey Templates,
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 13
Configure the Busy Lamp Field feature, if required. You must use BLF/Speed Dial Configuration Settings,
customized phone button templates to configure BLF/SpeedDial Cisco Unified Communications Manager
buttons.
Administration Guide
Step 14
Assign services to phone buttons, if required.
Step 15
Provide power, install, verify network connectivity, and configure Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide
network settings for the Cisco Unified IP Phone.
for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Step 16
Associate user with the phone (if required).
Associating Devices to an End User, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
Step 17
Make calls with the Cisco Unified IP Phone.
See the user guide for your Cisco Unified IP
Phone.
Adding an IP Phone Service to a Phone
Button, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones
Table 42-3 provides an overview of the features that are available on the following Cisco Unified IP
Phones that Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports:
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 8900 Series (SIP)
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 9900 Series (SIP)
•
Cisco Unified IP Video Phone 7985 (SCCP)
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7915 and 7916
•
Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Module
•
Cisco IP Conference Station 7935, 7936, and 7937 (SCCP)
•
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921 and 7925 (SCCP)
•
Cisco E20
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For the latest information on features and services that these phone models support, see the following
documentation:
•
Phone administration or user documentation that supports the phone model and this version of Cisco
Unified Communications Manager
•
Firmware release notes for your phone model
•
Cisco Unified Communications Manager release notes
Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971
and 9951
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971 and 9951are advanced
collaborative media endpoints that provide voice, video,
applications, and accessories. Highlights include interactive
multiparty video, high-resolution color touchscreen display,
High-definition voice (HD voice), desktop Wi-Fi connectivity,
Gigabit Ethernet and a new ergonomic design and user interface
designed for simplicity and high usability. Accessories, which are
sold separately, include the Cisco Unified Video Camera and the
Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Module.
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971 supports the following buttons:
•
Six feature buttons with state-indicating LEDs
•
Six call-session buttons with state-indicating LEDs
•
Applications, Directories, and Voicemail
•
Conference, Transfer, and Hold
•
Volume Up or Down
•
Back-lit Mute, speakerphone, and headset
•
Back, End Call, and 5-way navigation pad
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 9951 supports the following buttons:
•
Five feature buttons with state-indicating LEDs
•
Five call-session buttons with state-indicating LEDs
•
Applications, Directories, and Voicemail
•
Conference, Transfer, and Hold
•
Volume Up or Down
•
Back-lit Mute, speakerphone, and headset
•
Back, End Call, and 5-way navigation pad
Both endpoints support Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961 (SIP) is an advanced professional
media endpoint that delivers an enhanced user experience with an
easy-to-use and eco-friendly ergonomic design. Highlights of the
portfolio include introduction of higher-resolution (VGA) color
displays, a USB port, Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, and
High-definition (HD) voice support, enabling a more productive
user experience for multimedia application engagement.
Application support includes XML and MIDlet-enabled
applications. The Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961 is an ideal solution
for knowledge professionals, administrative managers, and
executives.
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961 supports the following buttons:
•
Five programmable feature buttons with state-indicating LEDs
•
Five call-session buttons with state-indicating LEDs
•
Applications, Directories, and Voicemail
•
Conference, Transfer, and Hold
•
Volume Up/Down,
•
Back-lit Mute, Speakerphone, and Headset
•
Back, End Call, and 5-Way Navigation Pad
Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961 supports Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP).
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975 demonstrates the latest advances
in VoIP telephony, including wideband audio support, backlit color
touchscreen display, and an integrated Gigabit Ethernet port.
•
This IP phone includes a large, backlit, easy-to-read color
display for easy access to communication information,
timesaving applications, and features such as date and time,
calling party name, calling party number, digits dialed, and
presence information.
•
The phone provides direct access to eight telephone lines (or
combination of lines, speed dials, and direct access to telephony
features), five interactive softkeys that guide you through call
features and functions, and an intuitive four-way (plus Select
key) navigation cluster.
•
A hands-free speakerphone and handset designed for
high-fidelity wideband audio are standard, as is a built-in
headset connection.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975 supports SCCP and SIP protocols.
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965 demonstrates the latest advances
in VoIP telephony, including wideband audio support, backlit color
display, and an integrated Gigabit Ethernet port.
•
This IP phone includes a large, backlit, easy-to-read color
display for easy access to communication information,
timesaving applications, and features such as date and time,
calling party name, calling party number, digits dialed, and
presence information.
•
The phone provides direct access to six telephone lines (or
combination of lines, speed dials, and direct access to telephony
features), four interactive softkeys that guide you through call
features and functions, and an intuitive four-way (plus Select
key) navigation cluster.
•
A hands-free speakerphone and handset designed for
high-fidelity wideband audio are standard, as is a built-in
headset connection.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965 supports SCCP and SIP protocols.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962 is a full-featured IP phone with
speakerphone and handset designed for wideband audio. It is
intended to meet the needs of managers and administrative
assistants.
•
It has six programmable backlit line/feature buttons and four
interactive softkeys that guide you through all call features and
functions.
•
The phone has a large, 4-bit grayscale graphical LCD that
provides features such as date and time, calling party name,
calling party number, digits dialed, and presence information.
•
The crisp graphic capability of the display allows for the
inclusion of higher value, more visibly rich Extensible Markup
Language (XML) applications, and support for localization
requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts.
•
A hands-free speakerphone and handset designed for hi-fidelity
wideband audio are standard, as is a built-in headset connection
and an integrated Ethernet switch.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962 supports SCCP and SIP protocols.
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960, a full-featured, six-line business
set, supports SCCP and SIP and the following features:
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7945
•
A help (?) button
•
Six programmable buttons to use as line, speed-dial, or feature
buttons
•
Four fixed buttons for accessing voice-messaging messages,
adjusting phone settings, accessing services, and accessing
directories
•
Four softkeys for accessing additional call details and
functionality (Softkeys change depending on the call state for a
total of 16 softkeys.)
•
A large LCD display that shows call details and softkey
functions
•
An internal, two-way, full-duplex speakerphone and
microphone mute
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7945 demonstrates the latest advances
in VoIP telephony, including wideband audio support, backlit color
display, and an integrated Gigabit Ethernet port.
This IP phone includes a large, backlit, easy-to-read color display
for easy access to communication information, timesaving
applications, and features such as date and time, calling party name,
calling party number, digits dialed, and presence information.
The phone provides direct access to two telephone lines (or
combination of lines, speed dials, and direct access to telephony
features), four interactive softkeys that guide you through call
features and functions, and an intuitive four-way (plus Select key)
navigation cluster.
A hands-free speakerphone and handset designed for high-fidelity
wideband audio are standard, as is a built-in headset connection.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7945 supports SCCP and SIP protocols.
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942 is a full-featured IP phone with
speakerphone and handset designed for wideband audio. It is
intended to meet the needs of needs of transaction-type workers
with significant phone traffic.
It has two programmable backlit line/feature buttons and four
interactive soft keys that guide you through all call features and
functions.
The phone has a large, 4-bit grayscale graphical LCD that provides
features such as date and time, calling party name, calling party
number, digits dialed, and presence information.
The crisp graphic capability of the display allows for the inclusion
of higher value, more visibly rich Extensible Markup Language
(XML) applications, and support for localization requiring
double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts.
A hands-free speakerphone and handset designed for hi-fidelity
wideband audio are standard, as is a built-in headset connection and
an integrated Ethernet switch.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942 supports SCCP and SIP protocols.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940, a two-line business set with
features similar to the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960, supports SCCP
and SIP and includes the following features:
•
A help (?) button
•
Two programmable buttons to use as line, speed-dial, or feature
buttons
•
Four fixed buttons for accessing voice-messaging messages,
services, and directories and for adjusting phone settings
•
Four softkeys for accessing additional call details and
functionality (Softkeys change depending upon the call state
for a total of 16 softkeys.)
•
A large LCD that shows call details and softkey functions
•
An internal, two-way, full-duplex speakerphone and
microphone mute
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931, designed for users who are
familiar with traditional key sets, functions much like a digital
business phone, allowing users to place and receive phone calls and
to access features such as mute, hold, transfer, speed dial, call
forward, and more, including
Cisco Unified Wireless IP
Phone 7925
•
Pixel-based backlit display
•
24 configurable line buttons
•
Wideband Headset option—disabled by default (should be
enabled only if the user headset supports wideband)
•
Abbreviated dialing
•
Audible Message Waiting Indicator
•
Call forward configurable display
•
Call forward destination override
•
Call Recording
•
Directed Call Park
•
Do Not Disturb (DND)
•
Video support
•
Voice Unified system
The Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925 is designed for users in
rigorous workspaces as well as general office environments. It
supports a wide range of features for enhanced voice
communications, quality of service (QoS), and security. Some of the
main benefits and highlights are listed here:
•
IEEE 802.11 a/b/g radio
•
Two-inch color display
•
Bluetooth 2.0 support with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)
•
IP54 rated for protection against dust and splashing water
•
MIL-STD-810F standard for shock resistance
•
Long battery life (up to 240 hours of standby time or 13 hours
of talk time)
•
Built-in speakerphone for hands-free operation
•
Exceptional voice quality with support for wideband audio
•
Support for a wide range of applications through XML
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925 supports the SCCP protocol.
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified Wireless IP
Phone 7921
The Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921 supports a host of
calling features and voice-quality enhancements. The device is an
advanced media IP phone, delivering wideband audio capabilities.
In addition to wideband audio, Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone
7921 supports presence, which enables users in a mobile Wi-Fi
environment to view the current status of other users. Because the
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G is designed to grow with
system capabilities, features will keep pace with new system
enhancements.
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921 supports the SCCP protocol.
Cisco Unified IP Phone
Expansion Module 7915 and
Cisco Unified IP Phone
Expansion Module 7916
Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7915 and 7916 extends
the functionality of a Cisco Unified IP Phone by providing
24 additional buttons. To configure these buttons as line or speed
dials, use Phone Button Template Configuration.
Note
You create the Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module
phone button template by copying the phone button
template for the standard Cisco Unified IP Phone phone
model that you are using with your Cisco Unified IP Phone
Expansion Module 7915 or 7916. See “Phone Button
Template Configuration” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration Guide for more
information.
The Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7915 and 7916
includes an LCD to identify the function of the button and the line
status.
You can daisy chain two Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module
7915s or 7916s to provide 48 additional lines or speed-dial and
feature buttons.
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Color Key
Expansion Module
Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Module extends the
functionality of a Cisco Unified IP Phone by providing
36 additional buttons. The programmable buttons can be set up as
phone line buttons, speed-dial buttons, or phone feature buttons. To
configure these buttons as line buttons, speed dial buttons, or phone
features buttons, use the Phone Button Template Configuration.
Note
You create the Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion
Module phone button template by copying the phone button
template for the standard Cisco Unified IP Phone model that
you are using with your Cisco Unified IP Color Key
Expansion Module. See “Phone Button Template
Configuration” in the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide for more information.
You can attach one Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Module
to a Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961 for 36 additional buttons, two
Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Modules to a Cisco Unified
IP Phone 9951 for 72 additional buttons, and three Cisco Unified IP
Color Key Expansion Modules to a Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971 for
108 additional buttons.
See “Phone Button Template Configuration” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration Guide for more
information.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7911
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7911, which is a single-line phone that
supports a maximum of six calls at the same time, supports SCCP
and SIP and provides basic-feature functionality for individuals
who conduct low to medium telephone traffic.
The Applications Menu button opens up a main applications menu.
This phone, which supports inline power, provides an integrated
10/100 Ethernet switch for connectivity to a collocated PC.
This phone offers four dynamic softkeys.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906, which is a single-line phone that
supports a maximum of six calls at the same time, supports SCCP
and SIP and provides basic-feature functionality for individuals
who conduct low to medium telephone traffic.
The Applications Menu button opens up a main applications menu.
This phone, which supports inline power, provides an integrated
10/100 Ethernet switch for connectivity to a collocated PC.
This phone offers four dynamic softkeys.
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7985
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7985G provides business-quality video
over the same data network that your computer uses. The video
phone provides the same softkey functionality and features as a
Cisco Unified IP Phone, which allows you to place and receive calls,
put calls on hold, transfer calls, make conference calls, and so on.
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7985G provides the following features:
Cisco Unified IP Conference
Station 7937
•
Color screen
•
Support for up to eight line or speed-dial numbers
•
Context-sensitive online help for buttons and feature
The Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937 combines
state-of-the-art wideband speakerphone conferencing technologies
with award-winning Cisco voice communication technologies. The
net result is a conference room phone that offers superior wideband
voice and microphone quality, with simplified wiring and
administrative cost benefits.
A full-featured, IP-based, hands-free conference station, the Cisco
Unified IP Conference Station 7937 is designed for use on desktops,
in conference rooms, and in executive suites.
Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937 features include:
•
Superior wideband acoustics with the support of the G.722
wideband codec
•
Support for IEEE Power over Ethernet (PoE) or the Cisco
Power Cube 3
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Expanded room coverage up to 30 feet by 40 feet with the
optional external microphone kit
•
Support for a third-party lapel microphone kit1
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New larger backlit liquid crystal display (LCD)
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Global localization
Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937 supports the SCCP
protocol.
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Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Conference
Station 7936
The Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7936, a full-featured,
IP-based, hands-free conference station for use on desktops, in
offices, and in small- to medium-sized conference rooms, includes
the following features:
Cisco IP Conference Station
7935
•
Three softkeys and menu navigation keys that guide a user
through call features and functions including available features
Call Park, Call Pickup, Group Call Pickup, Transfer, and
Conference (Ad Hoc and Meet-Me).
•
An LCD that indicates the date and time, calling party name,
calling party number, digits dialed, feature, and line status
•
A digitally tuned speaker and three microphones that allow
conference participants to move around while speaking
•
Microphone mute
•
Ability to add external microphones to support larger rooms
The Cisco IP Conference Station 7935, a full-featured, IP-based,
hands-free conference station for use on desktops, in offices, and in
small- to medium-sized conference rooms, includes the following
features:
•
Three softkeys and menu navigation keys that guide a user
through call features and functions
Available features include Call Park, Call Pickup, Group Call
Pickup, Transfer, and Conference (Ad Hoc and Meet-Me).
•
An LCD that indicates the date and time, calling party name,
calling party number, digits dialed, feature, and line status
•
A digitally tuned speaker and three microphones that allow
conference participants to move around while speaking
•
Microphone mute
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Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961 is a new and innovative IP
endpoint that delivers affordable, business-grade voice
communication and video communication services to customers
worldwide.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961 supports 12 lines, paper label
inserts for line and feature descriptions along with a full-duplex
speakerphone for a more productive, more flexible, and
easier-to-use endpoint experience.
•
Single-call per-line appearance is introduced, delivering
traditional telephony-like user experience for customers who
seek this type of call interaction for their users.
•
Fixed keys for hold, transfer, and conference; tri-color LED line
and feature keys also make the endpoint simpler and easier to
use
•
Right-to-left language presentation is also supported on the
displays, addressing the language localization needs of global
customers.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961 is also energy-efficient and
eco-friendly, in support of customer green initiatives. A
Deep-Sleep option provides energy savings. With this option,
the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961 consumes up to 50 percent
less power in off-hours versus when the phone is idle during
normal business hours. In addition, the Cisco Unified IP Phone
6961 employs use of both recyclable and reground plastics for
a more earth-responsible solution.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961 supports the SCCP and SIP protocols.
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Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941 is an innovative IP endpoint that
delivers affordable, business-grade voice communication and
support for video communications services to customers
worldwide.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941 supports four lines and a
full-duplex speakerphone for a more productive, more flexible,
and easier-to-use endpoint experience.
•
The phone supports single-call per-line appearance, offering
traditional telephony-like user experience for customers who
seek this type of call interaction for their users.
•
Fixed keys for hold, transfer, and conference; tri-color LED line
and feature keys also make the phone simpler and easier to use.
•
Right-to-left language presentation is also supported on the
displays, addressing the language localization needs of global
customers.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941 is also energy-efficient and
eco-friendly, in support of customer green initiatives. A
Deep-Sleep option provides energy savings. With this option,
the phone consumes up to 50 percent less power in off-hours
versus when the phone is idle during normal business hours. In
addition, reground and recyclable plastics deliver a more
earth-responsible solution.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941 supports the SCCP and SIP protocols.
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Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921 is an innovative endpoint that
delivers affordable, business-grade voice communications and
support for video communications services to customers
worldwide.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921 supports two lines and offers
a full-duplex speakerphone for a more productive, more
flexible, and easier-to-use endpoint experience.
•
The phone supports single-call per-line appearance, offering
traditional telephony-like user experience for customers who
seek this type of call interaction for their users.
•
Fixed keys for hold, transfer, and conference; tri-color LED line
and feature keys also make the phone simpler and easier to use.
•
Right-to-left language presentation is also supported on the
displays, addressing the language localization needs of global
customers.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921 is also energy-efficient and
eco-friendly, in support of customer green initiatives. A
Deep-Sleep option provides energy savings. With this option,
the phone consumes up to 50 percent less power in off-hours
versus when the phone is idle during normal business hours. In
addition, reground and recyclable plastics deliver a more
earth-responsible solution.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921 supports the SCCP and SIP protocols.
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Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 is a single-line endpoint
delivering affordable access to Cisco voice communication
services. It is an ideal solution for light communication
requirements. Examples include classrooms, manufacturing floors,
or employees in cubicles or teleworking from home.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 supports two incoming calls
with a single-line endpoint.
•
A full-duplex speakerphone is included in the design, which
provides a more productive, flexible, and easier-to-use endpoint
experience.
•
Integrated IEEE 10/100 Ethernet switch ports support
connection to a co-located PC while reducing cabling
infrastructure and administration costs.
•
The phone includes fixed keys for hold, transfer, conference,
redial, and voicemail, making the phone simple and
easy-to-use. In addition, a programmable feature key is
supported for quick access to advanced communication
services.
•
Tri-color LED illuminates on the line key to provide quick
call-state indication at a glance.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 is also eco-friendly, taking
advantage of reground and recyclable plastics to deliver a more
earth-responsible solution.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 supports the SCCP and SIP protocols.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 is a single-line endpoint
delivering cost-effective access to Cisco Unified Communications.
Designed with a trimline-like low profile, the phone is an ideal
solution for lobbies, hallways, elevators, hotel bathrooms, or other
settings that have an occasional need for voice communications
services.
•
The phone supports two incoming calls with call-waiting
service.
•
Fixed feature keys provide one-touch access to Hold, Redial,
and Call Waiting.
•
Transfer and Conference can be supported by using the
hook-switch similar to that of traditional analog phones.
•
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 is an earth-friendly solution.
As with the other Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series
endpoints, the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 takes advantage of
reground and recyclable plastics for a more earth-responsible
solution.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 supports the SCCP and SIP protocols.
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Third-Party SIP Endpoints
Table 42-3
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones and Features (continued)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Model
Description
Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3951
Be aware that the Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3951, a low-end phone
that runs SIP, is available only in Asia Pacific and Latin American
countries. For more information, contact your Cisco representative.
Cisco E20
The Cisco E20 reinvents the desk phone by merging voice, video,
and collaboration into one device. A highly scalable solution for
enterprise mass deployment, users will immediately see the benefits
of increased productivity and daily collaboration.
The Cisco E20 offers the following capabilities:
•
Intuitive user interface and keypad for quick access to all IP
phone and video services
•
Familiar telephony features such as Hold, Transfer, Resume,
and Conference
•
Handset, headset (bluetooth), speakerphone flexibility
•
Navigation cluster with select button
•
Message waiting indicator/button
•
5 contextual softkeys
•
USB picture frame
•
High-resolution camera with integrated privacy shutter
•
DVD quality, w448p video resolution
•
10.6" wide format LCD display with WXGA resolution
•
Audio standards: MPEG4 AAC-LD, G.729ab, G.722, G.722.1,
G.711
•
Video standards and resolutions: H.264, H.263, and H.263+
from SIF up to w448p
•
Bandwidth up to 1152 kbps
The Cisco E20 supports SIP.
Third-Party SIP Endpoints
Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports a variety of third-party SIP endpoints, which are
configured in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, Phone Configuration.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager requires user licenses. These licenses get configured in Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration, License Configuration. When acquiring user
licenses, the administrator purchases one user license, called user connect license (UCL), for each user.
License Configuration uses device license units (DLU). For example, if there are three generic desktop
video endpoint users (3 UCLs), License Configuration would need 18 DLUs (3 UCL x 6 DLU = 18
DLU). For more information about licenses, refer to the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/partner/WWChannels/technology/ipc/downloads/uc_so
l_og_ucl_final.pdf
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H.323 Clients and CTI Ports
When using Phone Configuration to add a third-party SIP endpoint, the following device phone types
are available:
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Third-Party SIP Device (Advanced)—This eight-line SIP device is an RFC3261-compliant phone
that is running SIP from third-party companies; this device requires 6 DLUs.
•
Third-Party SIP Device (Basic)—This one-line SIP device is an RFC3261-compliant phone that is
running SIP from third-party companies; this device requires 3 Device License Units (DLUs).
•
Generic Desktop Video Endpoint—This SIP device supports video, security, configurable trust, and
Cisco extensions; this device requires 6 DLUs. This device supports 8 lines; the maximum number
of calls and busy trigger for each line is 4 and 2, respectively.
•
Generic Single Screen Room System—This SIP device supports single screen telepresence (room
systems), video, security, configurable trust, and Cisco extensions; this device requires 6 DLUs.
This device supports 8 lines; the maximum number of calls and busy trigger for each line is 4 and
2, respectively.
•
Generic Multiple Screen Room System—This SIP device supports multiple screen telepresence
(room systems), video, security, configurable trust, and Cisco extensions; this device requires 6
DLUs. This device supports 8 lines; the maximum number of calls and busy trigger for each line is
4 and 2, respectively.
H.323 Clients and CTI Ports
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration enables you to configure software-based
devices such as H.323 clients and CTI ports. Software-based Cisco Unified Communications Manager
applications such as Cisco IP Softphone, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Auto-Attendant, and
Cisco IP Interactive Voice Response (IVR) use CTI ports that are virtual devices.
H.323 clients include Microsoft NetMeeting devices.
You configure H.323 clients and CTI ports through the Phone Configuration window in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration like you do phones, but they often require fewer configuration
settings.
Note
Cisco recommends that you do not configure CTI ports or devices that use TAPI applications in a line
group.
For information on H.323 clients and shared line appearances, see the “Shared Line Appearance” section
on page 17-4.
For instructions on how to configure H.323 clients and CTI ports, see “Cisco Unified IP Phone
Configuration” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Cisco IP Communicator
Cisco IP Communicator, a software-based application, allows users to place and receive phone calls by
using their personal computers. Cisco IP Communicator depends upon the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager call-processing system to provide telephony features and voice-over-IP
capabilities.
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Cisco Unified Personal Communicator
This interaction with Cisco Unified Communications Manager means that Cisco IP Communicator
provides the same functionality as a full-featured Cisco Unified IP Phone, while providing the portability
of a desktop application. Additionally, it means that you administer Cisco IP Communicator as a phone
device by using the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Phone Configuration
window.
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, a desktop software application, provides access to voice, video,
document-sharing, and presence applications – all from a single, rich media interface. Cisco Unified
Personal Communicator relies on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager call-processing system
to provide telephony features and voice-over-IP capabilities.
This interaction with Cisco Unified Communications Manager enables Cisco Unified Personal
Communicator to offer integrated softphone capabilities and control of the physical IP phone of the user.
Additionally, it means you administer Cisco Unified Personal Communicator as a phone device by using
the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Phone Configuration window.
Cisco TelePresence
The Cisco TelePresence Meeting Solution, a visual meeting room solution that comprises endpoints, IP
telephony infrastructure technology, and user software applications, enables life-size, “you are there”
video teleconferencing. The Cisco TelePresence IP Phone represents an integral part of the solution that
provides the user interface for making connections to other Cisco TelePresence meeting rooms and for
driving the codec, the device that manages the plasma display screens, microphones, speakers, and
cameras that create the virtual meeting experience. The Cisco TelePresence IP Phone offers both
standard Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975 and Cisco TelePresence meeting connection functionality. As an
example, the Cisco TelePresence IP Phone user interface displays a schedule of the meetings for the day
and provides softkeys that are designed to enable and enhance the teleconference connections but then
can be used during the video teleconference to add audio meeting participants or to make voice calls.
For more information about Cisco TelePresence, see the following system and configuration
documentation:
•
Cisco TelePresence System Administrator’s Guide
•
Cisco TelePresence Meeting User’s Guide
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco TelePresence Configuration
Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator
Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator specifies a software application for mobile handsets that extends
enterprise communications applications and services to mobile phones and smartphones. Cisco Unified
Mobile Communicator streamlines the communication experience, enabling real-time collaboration
across the enterprise.
To configure a Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator, choose the Device > Phone menu option in Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration.
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Codec Usage
For details of Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator, including configuration to integrate with Cisco
Unified Mobility capabilities and features, see “Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator” in the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Codec Usage
Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports the Advertise G.722 Codec enterprise parameter,
which determines whether Cisco Unified IP Phones advertise the G.722 codec to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager. Codec negotiation involves two steps. First, the phone must advertise the
supported codec(s) to Cisco Unified Communications Manager (not all phones support the same set of
codecs). Second, when Cisco Unified Communications Manager gets the list of supported codecs from
all phones that are involved in the call attempt, it chooses a commonly supported codec based on various
factors, including the region pair setting. Valid values specify True (the specified Cisco Unified IP
Phones advertise G.722 to Cisco Unified Communications Manager) or False (the specified Cisco
Unified IP Phones do not advertise G.722 to Cisco Unified Communications Manager).
Note
The default for the Advertise G.722 Codec enterprise parameter enables G.722 on all phones in the
cluster. The default value of the phone configuration Advertise G.722 Codec Product-Specific parameter
uses the value that the enterprise parameter setting specifies.
The Product Specific Configuration Layout area in the Phone Configuration window supports the
parameter, Advertise G.722 Codec. Use this parameter to override the enterprise parameter on an
individual phone basis.
Table 42-4 indicates how the phone responds to the configuration options.
Table 42-4
How Phone Responds to Configuration Settings
Enterprise Parameter Setting
Phone
(Product-Specific)
Parameter Setting
Phone
Advertises
G.722
Advertise G.722 Codec Enabled
Use System Default
Yes
Advertise G.722 Codec Enabled
Enabled
Yes
Advertise G.722 Codec Enabled
Disabled
No
Advertise G.722 Codec Disabled
Use System Default
No
Advertise G.722 Codec Disabled
Enabled
Yes
Advertise G.722 Codec Disabled
Disabled
No
Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports G.722, which is a wideband codec, as well as a
propriety codec simply named Wideband. Both represent wideband codecs. Wideband codecs such as
G.722 provide a superior voice experience because wideband frequency response is 200 Hz to 7 kHz
compared to narrowband frequency response of 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz. At 64 kb/s, the G.722 codec offers
conferencing performance and good music quality.
When users use a headset that supports wideband, they experience improved audio sensitivity when the
wideband setting on their phones is enabled (it is disabled by default). To access the wideband headset
setting on the phone, users choose the Settings icon > User Preferences > Audio Preferences >
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Wideband Headset. Users should check with their system administrator to be sure their phone system
is configured to use G.722 or wideband. If the system is not configured for a wideband codec, they may
not detect any additional audio sensitivity, even when they are using a wideband headset.
The following Cisco Unified IP Phones (both SCCP and SIP) support the wideband codec G.722 for use
with a wideband headset:
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7911G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7945G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 9951
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971
When you choose a G.711 or G.722 codec in Region Configuration, you are choosing the bandwidth
utilization. Choosing either codec produces the same affect. When you choose either G.711 or G.722,
these codecs disallow selecting codecs that have a payload greater than 64 kb/s, such as the G.722
wideband codec and Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) (when AAC uses more than one channel).
If you choose a region that is lower than G.711 or G.722, the Advertise G.722 Codec enterprise
parameter gets ignored because the system does not allow G.722, G.711, AAC, and wideband.
Tip
Enabling the Advertise G.722 Codec parameter causes interoperability problems with call park and ad
hoc conferences. When you use the enterprise parameter with features such as ad hoc conferencing and
call park, change the setting to Disabled and update the device pools for the phones.
When enabled, the service parameter allows Cisco Unified IP Phones (such as 7971, 7970, 7941, 7961)
to negotiate and use the G.722 codec when calls are within the same region.
If individual phone control and use of a specific codec type is required (for example, G.711), check the
configuration of each phone (by using Phone Configuration) for the parameter Advertise G.722 Codec,
and change the setting to Disabled. Save and reset the device.
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Note
If the Advertise G.722 Codec enterprise parameter is set to Enabled, the administrator can override this
by using the G.722 Codec Enabled service parameter. This service parameter determines whether Cisco
Unified Communications Manager supports G.722 negotiation for none, some, or all devices. Valid
values specify Enabled for All Devices (support G.722 for all devices), Enabled for All Devices Except
Recording-Enabled Devices (support G.722 for all devices except those that have call recording
enabled), or Disabled (do not support G.722 codec).
Phone Button Templates
Cisco Unified Communications Manager includes several default phone button templates. When adding
phones, you can assign one of these templates to the phones or create a new template.
Creating and using templates provide a fast way to assign a common button configuration to a large
number of phones. For example, if users in your company do not use the conference feature, you can
create a template that reassigns this button to a different feature, such as speed dial.
To create a template, you must make a copy of an existing template and assign the template a unique
name. You can make changes to the custom templates that you created, and you can change the labels of
the default phone button templates. You cannot change the function of the buttons in the default
templates. You can rename existing templates and modify them to create new ones, update custom
templates to add or remove features, lines, or speed dials, and delete custom templates that are no longer
being used. When you update a template, the change affects all phones that use the template.
Renaming a template does not affect the phones that use that template. All Cisco Unified IP Phones that
use this template continue to use this template after it is renamed.
Make sure that all phones have at least one line that is assigned to each phone. Normally, this assignment
specifies button 1. Phones can have additional lines that are assigned, depending on the Cisco Unified
IP Phone model. Phones also generally have several features, such as speed dial, that are assigned to the
remaining buttons.
You can delete phone templates that are not currently assigned to any phone in your system if they are
not the only template for a given phone model. You cannot delete a template that is assigned to one or
more devices or the default template for a model (specified in the Device Defaults Configuration
window). You must reassign all Cisco Unified IP Phones that are using the template that you want to
delete to a different phone button template before you can delete the template.
Note
Use a copy of the standard phone button template for button assignment. The standard phone button
template for any phone that supports expansion module include buttons for both the phone and the
expansion module. For example, the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965, which supports the Cisco Unified IP
Phone Expansion Module 7915, includes buttons for both devices (up to 48 buttons).
Choose Dependency Records from the Related Links drop-down list box on the Phone Button Template
Configuration window to view the devices that are using a particular template.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager does not directly control all features on Cisco Unified IP
Phones through phone button templates. See the Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco
Unified Communications Manager and other phone documentation for detailed information about
individual Cisco Unified IP Phone family models.
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Default Phone Button Templates
Although all Cisco Unified IP Phones support similar features, you implement these features differently
on various models. For example, some models configure features such as Hold or Transfer by using
phone button templates; other models have fixed buttons or onscreen program keys for these features that
are not configurable. Also, the maximum number of lines or speed dials that are supported differs for
some phone models. These differences require different phone button templates for specific models.
Each Cisco Unified IP Phone comes with a default phone button template. You can use the default
templates as is to quickly configure phones. You can also copy and modify the templates to create custom
templates.
Custom templates enable you to make features available on some or all phones, restrict the use of certain
features to certain phones, configure a different number of lines or speed dials for some or all phones,
and so on, depending on how the phone will be used. For example, you may want to create a custom
template that can be applied to phones that will be used in conference rooms.
Table 42-5 provides descriptions of the standard phone button templates.
Table 42-5
Default Phone Button Templates Listed by Model
Phone Button Template Name
Template Description
Standard 7985
The Standard 7985 template uses buttons 1 and 2 for lines and
assigns buttons 3 through 8 as speed dials. Access other phone
features, such as call park, call forward, redial, hold, resume,
voice-messaging system, conferencing, and so on, by using softkeys
on the Cisco IP Video Phone 7985.
Standard 7960 SCCP and
Standard 7960 SIP
The Standard 7960 SCCP and SIP templates use buttons 1 and 2 for
lines and assigns buttons 3 through 6 as speed dials or lines or for
the features privacy and service URL. Access other phone features,
such as abbreviated dial, call park, call forward, redial, hold,
resume, call back, conferencing, and so on, by using softkeys on the
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960.
Standard 7940 SCCP and
Standard 7940 SIP
The Standard 7940 SCCP templates comes with a preconfigured
one-line phone button template (button 1 for line 1 and button 2 for
speed dial). Access phone features, such as abbreviated dial, call
park, call forward, redial, hold, resume, call back, conferencing, and
so on, by using softkeys on the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940.
Standard 7931 SCCP and
Standard 7931 SIP
The Standard 7931 SCCP and SIP templates use button 1 for line 1.
Standard 7911 SCCP and
Standard 7911 SIP
The Standard 7911 SCCP and SIP templates use button 1 for line 1,
makes button 2 configurable as the Privacy softkey (default
specifies None), and assigns buttons 3 through 6 as speed dials. The
user accesses speed dials from the Directories menu or the
Navigation button on the phone.
Standard 7906 SCCP and
Standard 7906 SIP
The Standard 7906 SCCP and SIP templates use button 1 for line 1,
makes button 2 configurable as the Privacy softkey (default
specifies None), and assigns buttons 3 through 6 as speed dials. The
user accesses speed dials from the Directories menu or the
Navigation button on the phone.
Standard 7936
The Standard 7936 template, which is not configurable for the Cisco
Unified IP Conference Station 7936, uses button 1 for line 1.
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Table 42-5
Default Phone Button Templates Listed by Model (continued)
Phone Button Template Name
Template Description
Standard 7935
The Standard 7935 template, which is not configurable for the Cisco
IP Conference Station 7935, uses button 1 for line 1.
Default VGC Virtual Phone
The Default VGC Virtual Phone template for the Cisco VGC Virtual
Phone uses button 1 for line 1.
Standard Analog
The Standard Analog template for analog phones uses button 1 for
line 1.
Standard ATA 186
The Standard ATA 186 template for the Cisco ATA 186 Analog
Telephone Adaptor uses button 1 for a line and buttons 2 through 10
for speed dials.
ISDN BRI Phone
The ISDN BRI Phone template uses button 1 for line 1.
Standard CIPC SCCP
The Standard CIPC (Cisco IP Communicator) SCCP template uses
buttons 1 and 2 for lines and assigns buttons 3 through 8 as speed
dials. Access other phone features, such as call park, call forward,
redial, hold, resume, voice-messaging system, conferencing, and so
on, by using softkeys (by configuring the softkey template to the
phone).
Standard CIPC SIP
The Standard CIPC SIP template uses buttons 1 and 2 for lines and
assigns buttons 3 through 8 as speed dials. Access other phone
features, such as call park, call forward, redial, hold, resume,
voice-messaging system, conferencing, and so on, by using softkeys
(by configuring the softkey template to the phone).
Standard IP-STE
The Standard IP-STE template uses buttons 1 and 2 for lines.
Standard Unified
Communicator SIP
The Standard Unified Communicator SIP template uses button 1 for
line 1.
Standard VGC Phone
The Standard VGC Phone template for the Cisco VG248 Gateway
uses button 1 for a line and buttons 2 through 10 for speed dials.
Standard Cisco TelePresence
The Standard Cisco TelePresence template, required by Cisco
TelePresence, uses buttons 1 and 2 for lines and buttons 3 through
42 for speed dials.
Third-Party SIP Device
(Advanced)
The Generic SIP Phone - 2 Lines template, which is used for
third-party phones that run SIP, uses buttons 1 and 2 for lines.
Third-Party SIP Device (Basic) The Generic SIP Phone - 2 Lines template, which is used for
third-party phones that run SIP, uses buttons 1 and 2 for lines.
Guidelines for Customizing Phone Button Templates
Use the following guidelines when you are creating custom phone button templates:
•
Make sure that phone users receive a quick reference card or getting started guide that describes the
most basic features of the custom template. If you create a custom template for employees in your
company to use, make sure that it includes the following features and that you describe them on the
quick reference card that you create for your users:
– Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975, 7965, 7962, 7960, 7945, 7942, 7940, 7911, 7906—Line (one or
more)
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– Cisco VGC Virtual Phone and Cisco ATA 186—Line and speed dials
•
Consider the nature of each feature to determine how to configure your phone button template. You
may want to assign multiple buttons to speed dial and line; however, you usually require only one
of the other phone button features that are described in Table 42-6.
Table 42-6
Phone Button Feature Description
Feature
Description
Call park
In conjunction with a call park number or range, when the user presses
this button, call park places the call at a directory number for later
retrieval. You must have a call park number or range that is configured
in the system for this button to work, and you should provide that
number or range to your users, so they can dial in to the number(s) to
retrieve calls.
Call Park BLF
Users can monitor the busy/idle status of directed call park numbers
using the Call Park Busy Lamp Field (BLF) buttons. Users can also
speed dial those numbers by pressing the BLF buttons. One directed
call park number gets configured for each Call Park BLF button. To
successfully park or retrieve a call by using a Call Park BLF button,
you must ensure that the partition and the calling search space of the
device are configured correctly.
Note
Conference
Use this button with the directed call park feature (a transfer
function), not with the standard call park feature (a hold
function).
Users can initiate an ad hoc conference and add participants by
pressing the Conference button. (Users can also use the Join softkey
to initiate an ad hoc conference.)
Only the person who initiates an ad hoc conference needs a conference
button. You must make sure that an ad hoc conference bridge device
is configured in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration for this button to work. See the “Conference Bridges”
chapter for more information.
Forward all
Users press this button to forward all calls to the designated directory
number. Users can designate forward all in the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Configuration windows, or you can designate a forward all number for
each user in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.
Hold
Users press this button to place an active call on hold. To retrieve a call
on hold, users press the flashing line button or lift the handset and
press the flashing line button for the call on hold. The caller on hold
receives a tone every 10 seconds to indicate the hold status or music
(if the Music On Hold feature is configured). The hold tone feature
requires no configuration to work.
Line
Users press this button to dial a number or to answer an incoming call.
For this button to work, you must have added directory numbers on the
user phone.
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Table 42-6
Phone Button Feature Description (continued)
Feature
Description
Meet-Me conference
When users press this button, they initiate a meet-me conference, and
they expect other invited users to dial in to the conference. Only the
person who initiates a meet-me conference needs a meet-me button.
You must make sure that a meet-me conference device is configured
in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration for this
button to work.
None
Use None to leave a button unassigned.
Privacy
Users press this button to activate/deactivate privacy.
Redial
Users press this button to redial the last number that was dialed on the
Cisco Unified IP Phone. This feature requires no configuration to
work.
Service URL
Users press this button to access a Cisco Unified IP Phone Service
such as personal fast dials, stock quotes, or weather.
Speed Dial
Users press this button to speed dial a specified number. System
administrators can designate speed-dial numbers in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration. Users can designate
speed-dial numbers in the Cisco Unified CM User Options menu.
Speed Dial/BLF
Users monitor this button for the real-time status of the associated
directory number or SIP URI on those devices that support the
presence feature. Users press this button to dial the destination.
Transfer
Users press this button to transfer an active call to another directory
number. This feature requires no configuration to work.
Programmable Line Keys
Cisco Unified IP Phones support line buttons (the buttons next to the phone screen), which are used to
initiate, answer, or switch to a call on a particular line. A limited number of features, such as speed dial,
extension mobility, privacy, BLF speed dial, DND, and Service URLs, get assigned to these buttons.
The Programmable Line Key (PLK) feature expands the list of features that can be assigned to the line
buttons to include features that softkeys normally control; for example, New Call, Call Back, End Call,
and Forward All. When you configure these features on the line buttons, they always remain visible, so
you can have a “hard” New Call key.
Programmable line keys support up to 27 features on line buttons (see Table 42-6). Use the Phone Button
Template Configuration window to assign programmable line keys. It provides the appropriate
configurable feature for the phone model. After configuring the phone button template, you must assign
the phone button template to the phone by using Phone Configuration (reset is required). See “Phone
Button Template Configuration Settings” and “Modifying Phone Button Template Button Items”
sections in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
The programmable line feature does not affect the existing softkey functionality. Softkeys still display
as required and will continue to be specific to the state of the phone (for example, making a call, being
in a call, navigating the Services menu).
If a feature is already assigned to a programmable line key, it can also appear as a softkey (and vice
versa).
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If a phone has a hard button for a feature, it cannot also have that feature as a programmable line key;
for example, transfer cannot be a programmable line key on a Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931 because it
already has a dedicated hard transfer button.
Softkey Templates
Use softkey templates to manage softkeys that are associated with applications such as Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Assistant or call-processing features such as Call Back on Cisco Unified IP
Phones. You access the Softkey Template Configuration windows in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration to create and update softkey templates. (Device > Device Settings > Softkey
Templates)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports two types of softkey templates: standard and
nonstandard. Standard softkey templates in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database
contain the recommended selection and positioning of the softkeys for an application. Cisco Unified
Communications Manager provides the following standard softkey templates:
Note
•
Standard User
•
Standard Chaperone Phone
•
Standard Feature
•
Standard Assistant
•
Standard Protected Phone
•
Standard Shared Mode Manager
•
Standard Manager
For most Cisco Unified IP Phone models, such as the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7945, 7965, 7975, and so
on, you must assign standard or nonstandard softkey templates to the Cisco Unified IP Phone by
assigning the templates individually to each phone or by assigning the common device configuration to
each phone. Some Cisco Unified IP Phone models, such as the Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961, 9971, and
9951, do not use softkey templates. To determine whether your phone uses softkey templates and to
determine which softkeys are supported on your phone, see the Cisco Unified IP Phone Phone Guide for
your phone model.
You create a nonstandard softkey template by using the Softkey Template Configuration windows in
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. To create a nonstandard softkey template, the
administrator copies a standard softkey template and makes changes. The administrator can add and
remove applications that are associated with any nonstandard softkey template. Additionally, the
administrator can configure softkey sets for each call state for a nonstandard softkey template.
The Softkey Template Configuration window lists the standard and nonstandard softkey templates and
uses different icons to differentiate between standard and nonstandard templates.
The administrator assigns softkey templates in the following Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration configuration windows:
•
Common Device Configuration
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Phone Configuration (SIP and SCCP)
•
•
UDP Template Configuration
Default Device Profile Configuration
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Add Application
You can add a standard softkey template that is associated with a Cisco application to a nonstandard
softkey template. When the administrator clicks the Add Application button from the Softkey Template
Configuration window, a separate window displays and allows you to choose the standard softkey
template that is to be added to the end of the nonstandard softkey template. Duplicate softkeys get
deleted from the end of the set that is moving to the front of the set.
Tip
To refresh the softkeys for an application in the nonstandard softkey template, choose the standard
softkey template that is already associated with the nonstandard softkey template. For example, if the
administrator originally copied the Standard User template and deleted some buttons, choose the
Standard User softkey template by clicking on the Add Application button. This adds the buttons that
are included in the chosen softkey template.
The number of softkeys in any given call state cannot exceed 16. A message displays, and the add
application procedure stops when the maximum number of softkeys is reached. The administrator must
manually remove some softkeys from the call state before trying to add another application to the
template.
The Remove Application button allows you to delete application softkey templates that are associated
with a nonstandard softkey template. Only the softkeys that are associated with the application get
deleted. When softkeys are commonly shared between applications, they remain in the softkey template
until the last application that shares the softkeys is removed from the softkey template.
Configure Softkey Layout
The administrator can configure softkey sets for each call state for a nonstandard softkey template. When
the administrator chooses Configure Softkey Layout from the Related Links drop-down list box on the
Softkey Template Configuration window and clicks Go, the Softkey Layout Configuration window
displays.
The Softkey Layout Configuration window allows you to specify the softkeys and their relative order for
any phone models that support downloadable softkey templates. This window lists all softkeys, even
though some phone models do not support all softkeys. To determine whether your phone model supports
a softkey, see the Cisco Unified IP Phone Phone Guide for your phone model. If you choose a softkey
that is not supported by the phone, the softkey does not display on the phone, even if you add it to the
Selected Softkeys pane.
Note
Cisco recommends that a softkey remain in the same position for each call state. This provides the user
with consistency and ease of use; for example, the More softkey always appears in the fourth softkey
position from the left for each call state.
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The Softkey Layout Configuration pane contains the following fields:
•
Select a call state to configure—This drop-down list box displays the different call states of a Cisco
Unified IP Phone. You cannot add, update, or delete call states. The call state that gets chosen from
the drop-down list box indicates the softkeys that are available for that call state. Table 42-7 lists the
call states.
Table 42-7
Call States
Call State
Description
Connected
Displays when call is connected
Connected Conference
Consultation call for conference in connected call state
Connected Transfer
Consultation call for transfer in connected call state
Digits After First
Off-hook call state after user enters the first digit
Off Hook
Dial tone presented to phone
Off Hook With Feature
Off-hook call state for transfer or conference consultation call
On Hold
Call on hold
On Hook
No call exists for that phone.
Remote In Use
Another device that shares the same line uses call.
Ring In
Call received and ringing
Ring Out
Call initiated and the destination ringing
•
Unselected Softkeys—Lists softkeys that are associated with a call state. This field lists the
unselected, optional softkeys of the call state that displays in the Select a Call State to Configure
drop-down list box. The softkeys that are listed in this field get added to the Selected Softkeys field
by using the right arrows. You can add the Undefined softkey more than once to the Selected Softkey
list. Choosing Undefined results in a blank softkey on the Cisco Unified IP Phone.
•
Selected Softkeys—Lists softkeys that are associated with the chosen call state. This field lists the
chosen softkeys of the call state that displays in the Select a Call State to Configure drop-down list
box. The maximum number of softkeys in this field cannot exceed 16. See Figure 42-1 for a sample
softkey layout.
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Figure 42-1
Sample Softkey Layout
1
Softkey 1
Softkey 2
Softkey 3
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2
Softkey 4
Softkey 5
Softkey 6
More
3
Softkey 7
Softkey 8
Softkey 9
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4
Softkey 10
Softkey 11
Softkey 12
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5
Softkey 13
Softkey 14
Softkey 15
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Softkey Template Operation
For applications such as Cisco Unified Communications Manager Assistant to support softkeys, ensure
softkeys and softkey sets are configured in the database for each device that uses softkey templates and
the application.
You can mix application and call-processing softkeys in any softkey template. A static softkey template
associates with a device in the database. When a device registers with Cisco Unified Communications
Manager, the static softkey template gets read from the database into call processing and then gets passed
to the device to be used throughout the session (until the device is no longer registered or is reset). When
a device resets, it may get a different softkey template or softkey layout because of updates that the
administrator makes.
Softkeys support a field called application ID. An application, such as Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Assistant, activates/deactivates application softkeys by sending a request to the device through
the Cisco CTIManager and call processing with a specific application ID.
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When a user logs in to the Cisco IP Manager Assistant service and chooses an assistant for the service,
the application sends a request to the device, through Cisco CTIManager and call processing, to activate
all its softkeys with its application ID.
At any time, several softkey sets may display on a Cisco Unified IP Phone (one set of softkeys for each
call).
The softkey template that is associated with a device (such as a Cisco Unified IP Phone) in the database
designates the one that is used when the device registers with call processing. Perform the association
of softkey templates and devices by using Softkey Template configuration in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration. See “Softkey Template Configuration” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Common Phone Profiles
Cisco Unified Communications Manager uses common phone profiles to define phone attributes that are
associated with Cisco Unified IP Phones. Having these attributes in a profile instead of adding them
individually to every phone decreases the amount of time that administrators spend configuring phones
and allows the administrator to change the values for a group of phones. Common phone profiles specify
the following attributes:
•
Profile name
•
Profile description
•
Local phone unlock password
•
DND option
•
DND incoming call alert
•
Phone personalization
•
End user access to phone background image setting
The common phone profile remains a required field when phones are configured; therefore, you must
create the common phone profile before you create a phone. Cisco Unified Communications Manager
provides a Standard Common Phone Profile that you can copy and modify to create a new common
phone profile. You cannot modify nor delete the Standard Common Phone Profile.
For information on configuring common phone profiles, see “Common Phone Profile Configuration” in
the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Methods for Adding Phones
You can automatically add phones that support either SCCP or SIP to the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database by using autoregistration, manually by using the phone configuration windows, or in
groups with the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT).
By enabling autoregistration before you begin installing phones, you can automatically add a Cisco
Unified IP Phone to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database when you connect the phone
to your IP telephony network. For information on enabling autoregistration, see “Enabling
Autoregistration” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide. During
autoregistration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager assigns the next available sequential directory
number to the phone. In many cases, you may not want to use autoregistration; for example, if you want
to assign a specific directory number to a phone or if you plan to implement authentication or encryption,
as described in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide.
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Tip
Cisco Unified Communications Manager automatically disables autoregistration if you configure the
clusterwide security mode for authentication and encryption through the Cisco CTL client.
If you do not use autoregistration, you must manually add phones to the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database or use the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT). BAT enables system administrators to
perform batch add, modify, and delete operations on large numbers of Cisco Unified IP Phones. See the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for detailed instructions on using
BAT.
Tip
After you install Cisco Unified Communications Manager, if auto-registration is not enabled and the
phone has not been added to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database, the phone does not
attempt to register with Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The phone continues to display the
Configuring IP message until auto-registration gets enabled or until the phone gets added to the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database. The Real Time Monitoring Tool and Cisco Unified
Reporting can display information on registered and unregistered devices. For more information, see the
Real-Time Monitoring Tool Administration Guide and the Cisco Unified Reporting Administration
Guide.
User/Phone Add
You can use the End User, Phone, DN, and LA Configuration window to add a new phone at the same
time that you add a new end user. You can associate a directory number (DN) and line appearance (LA)
for the new end user by using the same window. To access the End User, Phone, DN, and LA
Configuration window, choose the User Management > User/Phone Add menu option. See
“User/Phone Add Configuration” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
for configuration details.
Note
The End User, Phone, DN, and LA Configuration window only allows addition of a new end user and a
new phone. The window does not allow entry of existing end users or existing phones.
Phone Migration
The Phone Migration window in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration allows you to
migrate feature, user, and line configuration for a phone to a different phone; that is, you can migrate
data to a different phone model or to the same phone model that runs a different protocol. For example,
you can migrate data from a Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965 to a Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975; or, you can
migrate data from a phone model that runs SCCP, for example, the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965 (SCCP),
and move it to the same phone model that runs SIP, for example, the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965 (SIP).
Tip
Phone migration allows you to move existing phone configuration to a new phone without the need to
add a phone, lines, speed dials, and so on.
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Before you can migrate phone configuration to a new phone, consider the following information:
•
If the phone models do not support the same functionality, be aware that you may lose functionality
on the new phone. Before you save the migration configuration in the Phone Migration window,
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration displays a warning that you may lose
feature functionality.
•
Some phone models do not support phone migration; for example, CTI port, H.323 client,
Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator, and Cisco IP Softphone.
•
Before you can migrate the phone configuration, you must create a phone template for the phone
model to which you want to migrate in BAT (Bulk Administration > Phones > Phone Template). For
example, if you want to migrate the configuration for a Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965 to a Cisco
Unified IP Phone 7975, you create the phone template for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975.
•
The new phone uses the same existing database record as the original phone, so migrating the phone
configuration to the new phone removes the configuration for the original phone from Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration/the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database;
that is, you cannot view or access the configuration for the original phone after the migration.
Migrating to a phone that uses fewer speed dials or lines does not remove the speed dials or lines
for the original phone from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration/the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database, although some of the speed dials/lines do not display
on the new phone. After you migrate the configuration, you can see all speed dials and lines for the
original phone in the Phone Configuration window for the new phone.
•
Before you migrate the phone configuration to a new phone, ensure that the phones are unplugged
from the network. After you perform the migration tasks, you can plug the new phone into the
network.
•
Before you migrate the phone configuration to a new phone, ensure that you have enough device
license units for the new phone.
•
For more information on migrating existing phone settings to a different phone, see Migrating
Existing Phone Configuration to a Different Phone in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
•
If you want to migrate the configuration for multiple phones, use the Bulk Administration Tool; for
information on how to perform this task, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk
Administration Guide.
Phone Features
Cisco Unified Communications Manager enables you to configure the following phone features on Cisco
Unified IP Phones: barge, privacy release, call back, call park, call pickup, immediate divert, join across
lines, malicious call identification, quality report tool, service URL, single button barge/cbarge, and
speed dial and abbreviated dial.
For information about features that are related to directory numbers, see the “Directory Number
Features” section on page 17-8.
See the following sections for supported phone features:
•
Agent Greeting, page 42-39
•
Audible Message Waiting Indicator (AMWI), page 42-39
•
Barge and Privacy, page 42-39
•
Calling Party Normalization, page 42-39
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Call Forward, page 42-40
•
Call Waiting, page 42-42
•
Cancel Call Waiting, page 42-43
•
Call Diagnostics and Voice-Quality Metrics, page 42-43
•
Call Park, page 42-43
•
Call Pickup, page 42-44
•
Call Pickup Notification, page 42-44
•
Call Select, page 42-45
•
Conference Linking, page 42-45
•
Conference List, page 42-45
•
Connected Number Display, page 42-45
•
Device Mobility, page 42-46
•
Direct Transfer, page 42-46
•
Directed Call Park, page 42-46
•
Do Not Disturb, page 42-46
•
Hold Reversion, page 42-47
•
Immediate Divert, page 42-47
•
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), page 42-48
•
Intercom, page 42-48
•
Join, page 42-48
•
Join Across Lines, page 42-48
•
Log Out of Hunt Groups, page 42-49
•
Malicious Call Identification (MCID), page 42-49
•
Mobile Connect and Mobile Voice Access, page 42-49
•
Monitoring and Recording, page 42-49
•
Onhook Call Transfer, page 42-50
•
Peer-to-Peer Image Distribution (PPID), page 42-52
•
Prime Line Support for Answering Calls, page 42-50
•
Quality Report Tool, page 42-52
•
Secure Tone, page 42-53
•
Service URL, page 42-53
•
Single Button Barge/cBarge, page 42-54
•
Speed Dial and Abbreviated Dial, page 42-54
•
VPN Client, page 42-55
•
Whisper Coaching, page 42-56
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Agent Greeting
Agent Greeting allows an agent or administrator to create and play a prerecorded greeting automatically
at the beginning of a call, such as a customer call, before the agent begins the conversation with the
caller. An Agent can prerecord a single greeting or multiple ones as needed and create and update them.
When a customer calls, both callers hear the prerecorded greeting. The agent can remain on mute until
the greeting ends or answer the call over the greeting. All codecs supported for the phone are supported
for Agent Greeting calls.
To enable Agent Greeting in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration application,
choose Device > Phone, locate the Cisco Unified IP Phone that you want to configure. Scroll to the
Device Information Layout pane and set Built-in Bridge to On or Default. If Built-in Bridge is set to
Default, in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration application, choose System >
Service Parameter and select the appropriate Server and Service. Scroll to the Clusterwide Parameters
(Device - Phone) pane and set Built-in Bridge Enable to On.
For more information, see Agent Greeting feature documentation, CTI Product Description Guide for
Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise, Release 8.5(1).
Audible Message Waiting Indicator (AMWI)
You can configure Cisco Unified IP Phones, so if voice messages are waiting, the end users will receive
a stutter dial tone when the phone goes off hook (on the line on which the voice message has been left)
by setting the Audible Message Waiting Indicator Policy service parameter in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration.
Note
To ensure backward compatibility, the Cisco Unified IP Phones that are running SCCP will not issue the
AMWI stutter dial-tone for phones that are using SCCP firmware versions older than 10. This remains
true regardless whether the AMWI is configured on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration window.
Barge and Privacy
The Barge and Privacy features work together. Both features work with phones that run SIP or SCCP by
using only shared lines.
Barge adds a user to a call that is in progress. Pressing the Barge or cBarge softkey automatically adds
the user (initiator) to the shared-line call (target), and the users currently on the call receive a tone.
Privacy allows a user to allow or disallow other users of shared-line devices to view the device call
information or to allow another user to barge in to its active calls.
For more information about Barge, and Privacy, see “Barge and Privacy” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Calling Party Normalization
In line with E.164 standards, calling party normalization enhances the dialing capabilities of some
phones and improves call back functionality when a call is routed to multiple geographical locations;
that is, the feature ensures that the called party can return a call without having to modify the directory
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number in the call log directories on the phone. Additionally, calling party normalization allows you to
globalize and localize phone numbers, so the appropriate calling number presentation displays on the
phone.
Configuring calling party normalization alleviates issues with toll bypass where the call is routed to
multiple locations over the IP WAN. In addition, it allows Cisco Unified Communications Manager to
distinguish the origin of the call to globalize or localize the calling party number for the phone user.
The phone itself can localize the calling party number. For the phone to localize the calling party number,
you must configure the Calling Party Transformation CSS or the Use Device Pool Device Calling Party
Transformation CSS setting in the Phone Configuration window.
For information on how to configure this feature for your phone, see “Calling Party Normalization” in
the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
You can configure the international escape character, +, to globalize the calling party number. For
information on the international escape character, +, see “Using the International Escape Character +”
section on page 16-22.
Call Forward
Call forward allows a user to configure a Cisco Unified IP Phone, so all calls that are destined for it ring
another phone. Configure call forward in the Directory Number Configuration window in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration.
Tip
You can configure each call forward type for internal and external calls and can forward calls to
voice-messaging system or a dialed destination number by configuring the calling search space.
The administrator configures call forward information display options to the original dialed number or
the redirected dialed number, or both. The administrator enables or disables the calling line ID (CLID)
and calling name ID (CNID). The display option gets configured for each line appearance.
The following types of call forward exist:
•
Call Forward All, including CFA Destination Override, CFA Loop Prevention, and CFA Loop
Breakout, page 42-40
•
Call Forward Busy, page 42-42
•
Call Forward No Answer, page 42-42
•
Call Forward No Coverage, page 42-42
Call Forward All, including CFA Destination Override, CFA Loop Prevention, and CFA Loop Breakout
Call Forward All (CFA) allows a phone user to forward all calls to a directory number.
The administrator can configure CFA for internal and external calls and can forward calls to a
voice-messaging system or a dialed destination number by configuring the calling search space. Cisco
Unified Communications Manager includes a secondary Calling Search Space (CSS) configuration field
for Call Forward All (CFA). The secondary CSS for CFA combines with the existing CSS for CFA to
allow support of the alternate CSS system configuration. When CFA is activated, only the primary and
secondary CSS for CFA get used to validate the CFA destination and redirect the call to the CFA
destination. If these fields are empty, the null CSS gets used. Only the CSS fields that are configured in
the primary CSS for CFA and secondary CSS for CFA fields get used. If CFA is activated from the phone,
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the CFA destination gets validated by using the CSS for CFA and the secondary CSS for CFA, and the
CFA destination gets written to the database. When a CFA is activated, the CFA destination always gets
validated against the CSS for CFA and the secondary CSS for CFA.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager provides a service parameter (CFA Destination Override) that
allows the administrator to override Call Forward All (CFA) when the target of the CFA calls the initiator
of the CFA, so the CFA target can reach the initiator for important calls. In other words, when the user
to whom calls are being forwarded (the target) calls the user whose calls are being forwarded (the
initiator), the phone of the initiator rings instead of the call being forwarded back to the target. The
override works whether the CFA target phone number is internal or external.
When the CFA Destination Override service parameter is set to False (the default value), no override
occurs. Ensure the service parameter is set to True for CFA override to work. See Service Parameter
Configuration in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide for information
about configuring service parameters.
Note
CFA override only takes place if the CFA destination matches the calling party and the CFA Destination
Override service parameter is set to True. If the service parameter is set to True and the calling party
does not match the CFA destination, CFA override does not take place, and the CFA remains in effect.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager prevents Call Forward All activation on the phone when a Call
Forward All loop is identified. For example, Cisco Unified Communications Manager identifies a call
forward loop when the user presses the CFwdALL softkey on the phone with directory number 1000
and enters 1001 as the CFA destination, and 1001 has forwarded all calls to directory number 1002,
which has forwarded all calls to directory number 1003, which has forwarded all calls to 1000. In this
case, Cisco Unified Communications Manager identifies that a loop occurs and prevents CFA activation
on the phone with directory number 1000.
Tip
If Call Forward All activation occurs in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration or the
Cisco Unified CM User Options windows, Cisco Unified Communications Manager does not prevent the
CFA loop.
If the same directory number exists in different partitions, for example, directory number 1000 exists in
partitions 1 and 2, Cisco Unified Communications Manager allows the CFA activation on the phone.
The Forward Maximum Hop Count service parameter, which supports the Cisco CallManager service,
specifies the maximum number of call hops that can occur for a Call Forward All chain; for example, if
the value of this parameter equals 7, and a Call Forward All chain occurs consecutively from directory
numbers 1000 to 1007, which equals 7 hops, Cisco Unified Communications Manager prevents a phone
user with directory number 2000 from activating CFA to directory number 1000 because no more than
7 forwarding hops are supported for a single call. For more information on this service parameter,
including special considerations for calls that use Q.SIG trunks, click the Forward Maximum Hop Count
link in the Service Parameter Configuration window in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager prevents Call Forward All loops if CFA is activated from the
phone, if the number of hops for a Call Forward All call exceeds the value that is specified for the
Forward Maximum Hop Count service parameter, and if all phones in the forwarding chain have CFA
activated [not Call Forward Busy (CFB), Call Forward No Answer (CFNA), or any other call forwarding
options]. For example, if the user with directory number 1000 forwards all calls to directory number
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1001, which has CFB and CFNA configured to directory number 1002, which has CFA configured to
directory number 1000, Cisco Unified Communications Manager allows the call to occur because
directory number 1002 acts as the CFB and CFNA (not CFA) destination for directory number 1001.
Call Forward All loops do not impact call processing because Cisco Unified Communications Manager
supports CFA loop breakout, which ensures that if a CFA loop is identified, the call goes through the
entire forwarding chain, breaks out of the Call Forward All loop, and completes as expected, even if
CFNA, CFB, or other forwarding options are configured along with CFA for one of the directory
numbers in the forwarding chain. For example, the user for the phone with directory number 1000
forwards all calls to directory number 1001, which has forwarded all calls to directory number 1002,
which has forwarded all calls to directory number 1000, thus creating a CFA loop. In addition, directory
number 1002 has configured CFNA to directory number 1004. The user at the phone with directory
number 1003 calls directory number 1000, which forwards to 1001, which forwards to 1002. Cisco
Unified Communications Manager identifies a CFA loop, and the call, which breaks out of the loop, tries
to connect to directory number 1002. If the No Answer Ring Duration timer expires before the user for
the phone with directory number 1002 answers the call, Cisco Unified Communications Manager
forwards the call to directory number 1004.
For a single call, Cisco Unified Communications Manager may identify multiple Call Forward All loops
and attempts to connect the call after each loop is identified.
Call Forward Busy
The Call Forward Busy (CFB) feature forwards calls only when the line is in use and the busy trigger
setting is reached.
The call forward busy trigger gets configured for each line appearance in a cluster and cannot exceed the
maximum number of calls that are configured for a line appearance. The call forward busy trigger
determines how many active calls exist on a line before the call forward busy setting gets activated (for
example, 10 calls).
Tip
Keep the busy trigger slightly lower than the maximum number of calls, so users can make outgoing calls
and perform transfers.
If a call gets forwarded to a directory number that is busy, the call does not complete.
Call Forward No Answer
The Call Forward No Answer (CFNA) feature forwards calls when the phone is not answered after the
configured no answer ring duration timer is exceeded or if the destination is unregistered.
The call forward no answer ring duration gets configured for each line appearance in a cluster, and the
default specifies 12 seconds. The call forward no answer ring duration determines how long a phone
rings before the call forward no answer setting gets activated.
Call Forward No Coverage
The Call Forward No Coverage feature forwards calls when ringing either exhausts or times out and the
associated hunt-pilot for coverage specifies Use Personal Preferences for its final forwarding.
Call Waiting
Call waiting feature lets users receive a second incoming call on the same line without disconnecting the
first call. When the second call arrives, the user receives a brief call-waiting indicator tone, which is
configured with the Ring Setting (Phone Active) in the Directory Number Configuration window.
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Configure call waiting in the Directory Number Configuration window in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration by setting the busy trigger (greater than 2) and maximum
number of calls.
Cancel Call Waiting
The Cancel Call Waiting feature allows the user to cancel the call waiting service when a call is active.
This feature enables the user to block the operation of call waiting for one call. To invoke this feature,
the user dials the cancel call waiting code, obtains recall dial tone, and places a call normally. During
this call, the Call Waiting service is rendered inactive, so that anyone calling the user receives the normal
busy treatment, and no call waiting tones interrupt the call.
Note
This feature is available on both IP and analog phones.
The administrator can enable the Cancel Call Waiting feature through a Cancel Call Waiting softkey in
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, which adds a new softkey to non-standard softkey templates.
The administrator then assigns the template to supported devices.
Note
For more information on softkey templates, see the “Softkey Templates” section on page 42-31.
Call Diagnostics and Voice-Quality Metrics
You can configure Cisco Unified IP Phones that are running SCCP and SIP to collect call diagnostics
and voice-quality metrics by setting the Call Diagnostics Enabled service parameter in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration.
SIP fully supports Call Diagnostics and Voice Quality Metrics on Cisco Unified IP Phones. Support
includes end-of-call reporting, midcall reporting (for example, call hold, media disconnect), and voice
quality metrics. Cisco Unified IP Phones 7940 and 7960 that are running SIP do not report voice quality
metrics or midcall reporting. To enable voice quality metrics on Cisco Unified IP Phones for SIP, check
the Call Stats check box on the SIP Profile Configuration window.
For information on configuring the Cisco Unified IP Phones for which call diagnostics and voice-quality
metrics are available, see the Cisco Unified IP Phone user and administration documentation.
Call Park
Call park allows a user to place a call on hold, so anyone who is configured to use call park on the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager system can retrieve it.
For example, if a user is on an active call at extension 1000, the user can park the call to a call park
extension such as 1234, and another user can dial 1234 to retrieve the call.
To use call park, you must add the call park extension (in this case, 1234) in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration when you are configuring phone features. For more
information about call park, see “Call Park and Directed Call Park” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
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Call Pickup
Cisco Unified Communications Manager provides the following types of call pickup:
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Call pickup—Allows you to answer a ringing phone in your designated call pickup group.
•
Group call pickup—Allows you to answer incoming calls in another pickup group.
•
Other group pickup—Allows you to answer incoming calls in a pickup group that is associated with
your own group.
•
Directed call pickup—Allows you to answer incoming calls directly on a specific directory number
(DN) that belongs to a pickup group that is associated with your own group.
All types of call pickup can operate automatically or manually. If the service parameter, Auto Call
Pickup Enabled, is enabled, Cisco Unified Communications Manager automatically connects you to the
incoming call after you press one of the following softkeys on the phone:
•
PickUp—For call pickup (calls in your own pickup group)
•
GPickUp—For group call pickup (calls in another pickup group) and directed call pickup (calls in
a pickup group that is associated with your own pickup group)
•
OPickUp—For other group pickup (calls in a pickup group that is associated with your own pickup
group)
After the call pickup feature is automated, you need to use only one keystroke for a call connection
except for group call pickup and directed call pickup. For group call pickup, you press the GPickUp
softkey on the phone and dial the DN of the other pickup group. For directed call pickup, you press the
GPickUp softkey on the phone and dial the DN of the ringing phone that you want to pick up.
Note
CTI applications support monitoring of the party whose call is picked up. CTI applications do not
support monitoring of the pickup requester or the destination of the call that is picked up. Hence, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Assistant does not support auto call pickup (one-touch call pickup).
You configure the call pickup feature when you are configuring phone features in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager.
When you are adding a line, you can indicate the call pickup group. The call pickup group indicates a
number that can be dialed to answer calls to this directory number (in the specified partition). For more
information about call pickup, see “Call Pickup” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Features and Services Guide.
Call Pickup Notification
This feature allows users to receive an audio and/or visual alert when a call rings on a phone in pickup
groups in which they are a member. For multiple-line phones, be aware that the alert is available for
pickup groups that are associated with the primary line only.
You can configure the following notification parameters in the Call Pickup Group Configuration
window:
•
Type of notification (audio, visual, both, or neither)
•
Content of the visual notification message (called party identification, calling party identification,
both, or neither)
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Number of seconds delay between the time the call comes into the original called party and the
notification to the rest of the call pickup group members
In the Directory Number Configuration window, you can configure the type of audio notification that is
provided when a phone is idle or in use. For information about configuring call pickup notification, see
“Call Pickup” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Call Select
The Select softkey allows a user to select a call for feature activation or to lock the call from other
devices that share the same line appearance. Pressing the Select softkey on a selected call deselects the
call.
When the call gets selected by a device, it gets put in the Remote-In-Use state on all other devices that
share the line appearance. No one can select a call that is in the Remote-In-Use state. In other words,
selecting a call instance will lock it from other devices that share the same line appearance.
A special display symbol identifies selected calls.
Call Select supports shared lines for phones that run SIP or SCCP. Select on nonshared lines does not
get supported for phones that are running SIP.
Conference Linking
Advanced ad hoc conferencing allows you to link multiple ad hoc conferences together by adding an ad
hoc conference to another ad hoc conference as if it were an individual participant. Two types of
conference linking exist: linear and nonlinear.
Conference List
The conference list feature provides a list of participant directory numbers that are in an ad hoc
conference. The name of the participant displays if it is configured in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration.
Any participant can invoke the conference list feature on the phone and can view the participants. The
conference controller can invoke the conference list feature and can view and remove any participant in
the conference by using the Remove softkey.
Connected Number Display
When a call routes through a translation or route pattern, routes to a Call Forward All or Call Forward
Busy destination, or gets redirected through a call transfer or CTI application, the connected number
display updates to show the modified number or redirected number.
The Connected Number Display restriction restricts the connected line ID presentation to dialed digits
only for the duration of the call.
For more information about connected number display, see “Call Display Restrictions” in the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
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Device Mobility
Cisco Unified Communications Manager uses IP subnets and device pools that contain location
information to determine a device home location. By linking IP subnets to locations, the system can
determine whether a device is at its home location or a remote location and register the device
accordingly.
To support device mobility, modifications to the device pool structure separate the user information from
the location and mobility information. The device pool contains the information that pertains to the
device itself and to device mobility. An added common profile allows you to configure all the
user-related information. You must associate each device with the common profile for user based
information.
For information about configuring Device Mobility, see “Device Mobility” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Direct Transfer
Using the DirTrfr and Select softkeys, a user can transfer any two established calls to remove the calls
from the IP phone. For more information about Direct Transfer, see the “Making and Receiving Multiple
Calls Per Directory Number” section on page 17-10.
Directed Call Park
Directed Call Park allows a user to transfer a parked call to an available user-selected directed call park
number. Configure directed call park numbers in the new Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Directed Call Park Configuration window. Configured directed call park numbers exist cluster wide. You
can configure phones that support the directed call park Busy Lamp Field (BLF) button to monitor the
busy/idle status of specific directed call park numbers. Users can also use the BLF button to speed dial
a directed call park number.
A user can retrieve a parked call by dialing a configured retrieval prefix followed by the directed call
park number where the call is parked.
Note
Cisco recommends that you treat Call Park (a hold function) and Directed Call Park (a transfer function)
as mutually exclusive: enable one or the other, but not both. If you do enable both, ensure that the
numbers that are assigned to each are exclusive and do not overlap.
For more information about directed call park, see “Call Park and Directed Call Park” in the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Do Not Disturb
The Do Not Disturb (DND) feature provides the following options:
•
Call Reject—This option specifies that no incoming call information gets presented to the user.
Depending on how you configure the DND Incoming Call Alert parameter, the phone may play a
beep or display a flash notification of the call.
•
Ringer Off—This option turns off the ringer, but incoming call information gets presented to the
device, so that the user can accept the call.
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When DND is enabled, you can also choose to have the Cisco Unified IP Phone beep or flash to indicate
an incoming call. Users can configure DND directly from their Cisco Unified IP Phone or from the Cisco
Unified CM User Options window.
When DND is enabled, all new incoming calls with normal priority will honor the DND settings for the
device. High-priority calls, such as calls from Cisco Emergency Responder (CER) or calls with
Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption (MLPP), will ring on the device. Also, when you enable DND,
the auto answer feature gets disabled.
The user can enable and disable DND by using any of the following methods:
•
Softkey
•
Feature Line Key
•
Cisco Unified CM User Options windows
You can enable and disable DND on a per-phone basis in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration.
For more information on the Do Not Disturb feature, see “Do Not Disturb” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Hold Reversion
The Hold Reversion feature alerts a phone user when a held call exceeds a configured time limit. When
the held call duration exceeds the limit, Cisco Unified Communications Manager generates alerts, such
as a ring or beep, at the phone to remind the user to handle the call. The held call becomes a reverted call
when the hold duration exceeds the configured time limit. For example, if you configure this feature to
notify you when a call remains on hold past 30 seconds, Cisco Unified Communications Manager sends
an alert, such as a ring or beep, to the phone after 30 seconds. You can also configure reminder alerts at
configured intervals. A user can retrieve a reverted call on hold by going off hook, which deactivates the
feature.
You configure hold reversion timers and other feature settings in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration for the cluster or for a line.
•
The Hold Reversion Duration timer specifies the wait time before a reverted call alert is issued to
the holding party phone.
•
The Hold Reversion Notification Interval timer specifies the frequency of the periodic reminder
alerts to the holding party phone.
•
The Reverted Call Focus priority specifies which call type, incoming calls or reverted calls, receives
focus for user actions, such as going off hook.
For more information about hold reversion, see “Hold Reversion” in the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Features and Services Guide.
Immediate Divert
The Immediate Divert feature allows the invoker to immediately divert a call to a voice-messaging
system. Managers and assistants, or anyone who shares lines, use this feature. When the call gets
diverted, the line becomes available to make or receive new calls.
If the Use Legacy iDivert service parameter is set to False, the invoker can select a party voice mailbox
to which to divert an incoming call. The invoker can choose between the original called party voice
mailbox or the voice mailbox of the invoker.
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To access the Immediate Divert feature, use the iDivert or Divert softkey. Configure the iDivert softkey
by using the Softkey Template Configuration window of Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration (the Divert softkey is not configurable; it displays automatically on the supported phone
model such as Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971). The softkey template gets assigned to phones that are in
the Cisco Unified Communications Manager system.
For more information about Immediate Divert, see “Immediate Divert” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Intercom
Intercom allows a user to place a call to a predefined target. The called destination auto-answers the call
in speakerphone mode with mute activated. This sets up a one-way voice path between the initiator and
the destination, so the initiator can deliver a short message, regardless whether the called party is busy
or idle. To ensure that the voice of the called party is not sent back to the caller when the intercom call
is automatically answered, Cisco Unified Communications Manager implements whisper intercom.
Whisper intercom means that only one-way audio exists from the caller to the called party. The called
party must manually press a key to talk to the caller.
For information on configuring Intercom, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide and the Intercom chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features
and Services Guide.
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), which is the latest version of the Internet Protocol (IP) that uses
packets to exchange data, voice, and video traffic over digital networks, increases the number of network
address bits from 32 bits in IPv4 to 128 bits. IPv6 support in the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager network allows the network to behave transparently in a dual-stack environment and provides
additional IP address space and autoconfiguration capabilities to devices that are connected to the
network.
Cisco Unified IP Phones that run SIP support IPv4 only. Cisco Unified IP Phones that run SCCP can
support IPv6 only, IPv4 only, or IPv4 and IPv6 in dual-stack mode. For more information on how Cisco
Unified IP Phones work with IPv6, see “Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide. Additionally, see the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Administration Guide for your phone model.
Join
By using the Join softkey, a user can join up to 15 established calls (for a total of 16) to create a
conference. For more information about Join, see the “Making and Receiving Multiple Calls Per
Directory Number” section on page 17-10.
Join Across Lines
The Join Across Lines feature allows a user to join calls on multiple phone lines (either on different
directory numbers or on the same directory number but on different partitions) to create a conference.
For more information about the Join Across Lines feature, see the “Making and Receiving Multiple Calls
Per Directory Number” section on page 17-10.
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Log Out of Hunt Groups
The Log Out of Hunt Groups feature allows phone users to log their phones out from receiving calls that
get routed to directory numbers that belong to line groups to which the phone lines are associated.
Regardless of the phone status, the phone rings normally for incoming calls that are not calls to the line
group(s) that are associated with the phone. The phone provides a visual status of the login state, so the
user can determine by looking at the phone whether they are logged in to their line group(s).
The Log Out of Hunt Groups feature also comprises the following components:
•
The HLog softkey allows a phone user to log a phone out of all line groups to which the phone
directory numbers belong. Configure the HLog softkey in the Softkey Layout Configuration
window. When the user presses the HLog softkey, the phone screen displays “Logged out of Hunt
Group.” When the user presses the HLog softkey again to log back in and receive hunt group calls,
the “Logged out of Hunt Group” notification on the phone screen clears.
•
To enable this feature, you must configure the Hunt Group Logoff Notification service parameter,
which supports the Cisco CallManager service, in the Clusterwide Parameters (Device - Phone)
section of the Service Parameters Configuration window.
The Log Out of Hunt Groups feature, which is device-based, operates differently for non-shared lines
than for shared lines.
Malicious Call Identification (MCID)
The MCID feature provides a useful method for tracking troublesome or threatening calls. When a user
receives this type of call, the Cisco Unified Communications Manager system administrator can assign
a new softkey template that adds the Malicious Call softkey to the user phone. For POTS phones that are
connected to a SCCP gateway, users can use a hookflash and enter a feature code of *39 to invoke the
MCID feature.
For more information about MCID, see “Malicious Call Identification” in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Mobile Connect and Mobile Voice Access
The Cisco Unified Mobility Mobile Connect feature enables users to manage business calls by using a
single phone number and to pick up in-progress calls on the desktop phone and mobile phone. The Cisco
Unified Mobility Mobile Voice Access feature extends mobile connect capabilities by way of an
integrated voice response (IVR) system that is used to initiate mobile connect calls and to activate or
deactivate mobile connect capabilities.
For more information about mobile connect and mobile voice access, see “Cisco Unified Mobility” in
the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Monitoring and Recording
Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports silent call monitoring and call recording.
Call centers need to be able to guarantee the quality of customer service that an agent in a call center
provides. To protect themselves from legal liability, call centers need to be able to archive
agent-customer conversations.
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The Silent Call Monitoring feature allows a supervisor to eavesdrop on a conversation between an agent
and a customer without allowing the agent to detect the monitoring session.
The Call Recording feature allows system administrators or authorized personnel to archive
conversations between the agent and the customer.
For more information about monitoring and recording, see “Monitoring and Recording” in the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Onhook Call Transfer
The Onhook Call Transfer feature supports the onhook (hangup) action as a possible last step to
complete a call transfer. You must set the Transfer On-hook Enabled service parameter, which enables
onhook call transfer, to True for onhook call transfer to succeed. If the service parameter is set to False,
the onhook action ends the secondary call to the third party.
In the existing implementation, if user B has an active call on a particular line (from user A) and user B
has not reached the maximum number of calls on this line, the Cisco Unified IP Phone provides a
Transfer softkey to user B. If user B presses the Transfer softkey (or Transfer button, if available) once,
user B receives dial tone and can make a secondary call: user B dials the number of a third-party (user
C). Cisco Unified Communications Manager provides a Transfer softkey to user B again. If user B
presses the Transfer softkey again (or Transfer button, if available), the transfer operation completes.
With the onhook call transfer implementation, user B can hang up after dialing the number of user C,
and the transfer completes. Both the existing and new implementations work in the case of a blind
transfer (user B disconnects before user C answers) and also in the case of a consult transfer (user B
waits for user C to answer and announces the call from user A).
The previous implementation remains unchanged: user B can press the Transfer softkey twice to
complete the transfer.
Prime Line Support for Answering Calls
With prime line support for answering calls, when the phone is idle (off hook) and receives a call on any
line, the primary line always gets chosen for the call. When you configure this support, going off hook
makes only the first line active, even when a call rings on another line on the phone; that is, the call does
not get answered on that line. In this case, the phone user must choose the other line to answer the call.
You can configure the Always Use Prime Line service parameter for the Cisco CallManager service,
which applies the configuration to the entire cluster, or you can configure the Always Use Prime Line
setting for devices and device profiles. The Always Use Prime Line setting displays in the following
windows in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.
•
System > Service Parameters (for Cisco CallManager service)
•
Device > Phone
•
Device > Common Phone Profile
•
Device > Device Settings > Default Device Profile
•
Device > Device Settings > Device Profile
For information on how the Always Use Prime Line setting works when a phone is idle or busy, see
Table 42-8 on page 42-51.
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Tip
If you configure the Always Use Prime Line setting in the Service Parameter, Common Phone Profile,
and in the Phone Configuration window, Cisco Unified Communications Manager uses the configuration
from the Phone Configuration window.
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State of Phone
Configuration for Always
Use Prime Line
Idle
On
How Feature Works
When the phone is idle (off hook) and receives a call on
any line, the primary line gets chosen for the call. Calls
on other lines continue to ring, and the phone user must
select those other lines to answer these calls.
If you choose On for the Always Use Prime Line setting
in the Device Profile or Default Device Profile
Configuration window, a Cisco Extension Mobility user
can use this feature after logging in to the device that
supports Cisco Extension Mobility; that is, if you
configure Cisco Extension Mobility correctly.
Idle
Off
When the phone is idle and receives a call on any line,
the phone user answers the call from the line on which
the call is received; that is, when the phone is off hook.
Idle
Default
If you choose Default for the Always Use Prime Line
setting in the Common Phone Profile, the Device
Profile, or the Default Device Profile Configuration
windows, Cisco Unified Communications Manager uses
the configuration from the Always Use Prime Line
service parameter when determining whether a user,
including a Cisco Extension Mobility user, can use this
feature.
If you choose Default for the for the Always Use Prime
Line setting in the Phone Configuration window, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager uses the
configuration from the common phone profile.
Busy
On
When the phone already has a call on a line, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager uses the
configuration for the Maximum Number of Calls and
Busy Trigger settings to determine how to route the call.
Idle
On, but you also
configured Auto Answer
With Headset or Auto
Answer with
Speakerphone
If you choose the Auto Answer with Headset option or
Auto Answer with Speakerphone option from the Auto
Answer drop-down list box in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration, the Auto
Answer configuration overrides the configuration for
the Always Use Prime Line setting.
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Tip
This feature relies on the Cisco CallManager service, so activate the service by choosing Tools > Service
Activation in Cisco Unified Serviceability. In addition, you can run SDI trace for the Cisco CallManager
service. When you view the log in RTMT, you can see the configured value that is used by the device;
for example, alwaysPrimeLine=1, which indicates that the device uses On for the configuration.
Note
If you want to do so, you can configure prime line support for answering calls in the Bulk Administration
Tool, as described in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide.
Peer-to-Peer Image Distribution (PPID)
The Peer Firmware Sharing feature provides these advantages in high-speed campus LAN settings:
•
Limits congestion on TFTP transfers to centralized TFTP servers.
•
Eliminates the need to manually control firmware upgrades.
•
Reduces phone downtime during upgrades when large numbers of devices are reset simultaneously.
In most conditions, the Peer Firmware Sharing feature optimizes firmware upgrades in branch
deployment scenarios over bandwidth-limited WAN links.
When the feature is enabled, it allows the phone to discover like phones on the subnet that are requesting
the files that make up the firmware image and to automatically assemble transfer hierarchies on a per-file
basis. The individual files that make up the firmware image get retrieved from the TFTP server by only
the root phone in the hierarchy and are then rapidly transferred down the transfer hierarchy to the other
phones on the subnet using TCP connections.
Configure PPID from the Phone Configuration window by using the Peer Firmware Sharing settings in
the Product-Specific Configuration Layout. This menu option indicates whether the phone supports
PPID. Settings include enabled or disabled (the default).
To configure the PPID feature for many phones, use the Peer Firmware Settings field in the Phone
Template window of the Bulk Administration Tool. See the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Bulk Administration Guide.
For more information, see the applicable Cisco Unified IP Phone administration guide.
Quality Report Tool
The Quality Report Tool (QRT), a voice-quality and general problem-reporting tool for Cisco Unified
IP Phones, allows users to easily and accurately report audio and other general problems with their IP
phone. QRT gets loaded as part of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager installation, and the
Cisco Extended Functions (CEF) service supports it.
As system administrator, you enable QRT functionality by creating, configuring, and assigning a softkey
template to associate the QRT softkey on a user IP phone. You can choose from two different user modes,
depending upon the level of user interaction that you want with QRT. You then define how the feature
will work in your system by configuring system parameters and setting up Cisco Unified Serviceability
tools. You can create, customize, and view phone problem reports by using the QRT Viewer application.
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Support for the QRT feature extends to any IP phone that includes the following capabilities:
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Support for softkey templates
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Support for IP phone services
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Controllable by CTI
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Contains an internal HTTP server
For more information, see the applicable Cisco Unified IP Phone user and administration guide.
When users experience problems with their IP phones, they can report the type of problem and other
relevant statistics by pressing the QRT softkey on the Cisco Unified IP Phone during one of the following
call states:
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Connected
•
Connected Conference
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Connected Transfer
•
On Hook
From a supported call state, and using the appropriate problem classification category, a user can then
choose the reason code that best describes the problem that is being reported for the IP phone. A
customized phone problem report provides you with the specific information.
For detailed information about configuring and using the Quality Report Tool feature, see “Quality
Report Tool” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide. For more
information about configuring and using the QRT Viewer, see the Cisco Unified Serviceability
Administration Guide.
For information about the user interface, see the appropriate Cisco Unified IP Phone Guide for your IP
phone and the Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications
Manager.
Secure Tone
You can configure a phone to play a 2-second tone that notifies the user that a call is encrypted and that
both phones on the call are configured as “protected” devices. The tone plays for both parties when the
call is answered. The tone does not play unless both phones are “protected” and the call occurs over
encrypted media.
Several configuration requirements exist for the secure tone to play. For a detailed description of the
secure-tone feature and the configuration requirements, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Security Guide.
Service URL
You can configure a Cisco Unified IP Phone Service URL, such as the extension mobility service, to a
phone button. When the button gets pressed, the service gets invoked.
To configure a service URL on a phone button for the user, the administrator performs the following
steps:
1.
Using IP Phone Services Configuration, create a service.
2.
Using Phone Button Configuration, create a custom phone button template to include the service
URL feature.
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3.
Using Phone Configuration, add the custom phone button template to each phone that requires the
service URL button.
4.
Using Phone Configuration, subscribe to each appropriate service.
5.
Using Phone Configuration, add the service URL button.
6.
Notify the users to configure services for their phone by using the Add/Update your Service URL
Buttons link on the User Options Menu.
Single Button Barge/cBarge
The Single Button Barge/cBarge and Privacy features work together. These features work by using only
shared lines.
The Barge and cBarge features add a user to a call that is in progress. The Single Button Barge/cBarge
feature allows a user to simply press the shared-line button of a call to automatically add that user to the
call. The users that are currently on the call receive a tone.
Privacy allows a user to allow or disallow other users of shared-line devices to view the device call
information or to allow another user to barge in to its active calls.
For more information about the Single Button Barge/cBarge feature, see “Barge and Privacy” in the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Speed Dial and Abbreviated Dial
Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports the configuration of up to 199 speed-dial entries,
which are accessed through phone buttons and abbreviated dialing.
The administrator configures speed-dial entries and abbreviated dial indexes in the same window. From
the Phone Configuration window, choose Add/Update Speed Dials from the Related Links drop-down
list box at the top of the window and click Go. The Speed Dial and Abbreviated Dial Configuration
window displays for this phone.
When the user configures speed-dial entries, part of the speed-dial entries can get assigned to the
speed-dial buttons on the IP phone; the remaining speed-dial entries get used for abbreviated dialing.
When a user starts dialing digits, the AbbrDial softkey displays, and the user can access any speed-dial
entry by entering the appropriate index (code) for abbreviated dialing.
When users configure speed-dial in Cisco Unified CM User Options, 199 entries display. Depending on
the phone type, up to a maximum of 107 speed-dials can be used. Speed dials for which there is no
corresponding button on the phone can only be accessed by using the Abbreviated Dial feature, if
available. See Table 42-9.
Table 42-9
Maximum Speed Dials per Phone Model
Phone Model
Maximum Number of
Speed-Dial Entries
Available on the Phone
Maximum Number of
Speed-Dial Entries Available
with Expansion Modules
Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971
4
107
Cisco Unified IP Phone 9951
3
71
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Note
Maximum Speed Dials per Phone Model (continued)
Phone Model
Maximum Number of
Speed-Dial Entries
Available on the Phone
Maximum Number of
Speed-Dial Entries Available
with Expansion Modules
Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961
3
35
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975
6
55
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965, 7962
4
53
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960
4
35
Maximum number of speed-dial entries available on the phone is equal to maximum number of buttons
available on the phone minus one button for Line 1.
For information about configuring speed dials, see “Configuring Speed-Dial Buttons or Abbreviated
Dialing” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide. For information about
configuring speed dials by using Cisco Unified CM User Options, see the applicable IP phone user
guide.
VPN Client
The VPN Client feature establishes a virtual private network (VPN) connection on your phone using the
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The VPN connection is used for situations in which a phone is located
outside a trusted network or when network traffic between the phone and Cisco Unified Communications
Manager must cross untrusted networks.
After the phone gets configured with VPN functionality and the VPN feature gets enabled, the user
enters credentials as follows:
•
If the phone is located outside the corporate network—The user is prompted at login to enter the
credentials based on the authentication method that the system administrator configured on the
phone.
•
If the phone is located inside the corporate network:
– If Auto Network Detection is disabled, the user is prompted for credentials, and a VPN
connection is possible.
– If Auto Network Detection is enabled, the user cannot connect through VPN so there is no
prompt.
The user can enable or disable the VPN Client mode on the phone.
You can use Cisco Unified Reporting to determine which Cisco Unified IP Phones support the VPN
client. From Cisco Unified Reporting, click Unified CM Phone Feature List. For the Feature, choose
Virtual Private Network Client from the pull-down menu. The system displays a list of products that
support the feature.
For more information about using Cisco Unified Reporting, see the Cisco Unified Reporting
Administration Guide.
For more information about VPN client, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security
Guide.
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Whisper Coaching
Silent call monitoring is a feature that allows a supervisor to discreetly listen to a conversation between
an agent and a customer without allowing the agent to detect the monitoring session. Whisper coaching
is an enhancement to silent call monitoring feature that allows supervisors to talk to agents during a
monitoring session. This feature provides applications the ability to change the current monitoring mode
of a monitoring call from Silent Monitoring to Whisper Coaching and vice versa.
To enable Whisper Coaching in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
application, choose Device > Phone, locate the Cisco Unified IP Phone that you want to configure.
Scroll to the Device Information Layout pane and set Built-in Bridge to On or Default. If Built-in Bridge
is set to Default, in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration application, choose
System > Service Parameter and select the appropriate Server and Service. Scroll to the Clusterwide
Parameters (Device - Phone) pane and set Built-in Bridge Enable to On.
Phone Association
Users can control some devices, such as phones. Applications that are identified as users control other
devices, such as CTI ports. When users have control of a phone, they can control certain settings for that
phone, such as speed dial and call forwarding. For more information on associating phones with users,
see the “Associating Devices to an End User” section in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide.
Phone Administration Tips
The following sections contain information that may help you configure phones in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration.
Phone Search
The following sections describe how to modify your search to locate a phone. If you have thousands of
Cisco Unified IP Phones in your network, you may need to limit your search to find the phone that you
want. If you are unable to locate a phone, you may need to expand your search to include more phones.
For information on finding devices that have users actively logged in to them, see “Finding an Actively
Logged-In Device”, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Note
Be aware that the phone search is not case sensitive.
Searching by Device Name
When you enter the MAC address of the device in the MAC Address field when you are adding the
phone, you can search by using that value as the Device Name in the Find and List Phones window.
Searching by Description
If you enter a user name and/or extension in the Description field when you are adding the phone, you
can search by using that value in the Find and List Phones window.
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Searching by Directory Number
To search for a phone by its directory number (DN), choose Directory Number. Choose a search criterion
(such as begins with or ends with) and either choose a directory number from the drop-down list box
below the Find button or enter a search string. Click the Find button to perform the search.
Note
Some directory numbers do not associate with phones. To search for those directory numbers, which are
called unassigned DN, use the Route Plan Report window or use the Directory Number Configuration
Find/List window.
Searching by Calling Search Space
If you choose calling search space, the options that are available in the database display; you can choose
one of these options from the drop-down list box below the Find button.
Searching by Device Pool
If you choose device pool, the options that are available in the database display (for example, Default);
you can choose one of these options from the drop-down list box below the Find button.
Searching by Device Type
To search for a phone by its device type, choose Device Type and either enter a device type or choose a
device type from the drop-down list box below the Find button.
Searching by Call Pickup Group
To search for a phone by its call pickup group, choose Call Pickup Group. If you choose Call Pickup
Group, the options that are available in the database display; you can choose one of these options from
the drop-down list box below the Find button. Alternatively, click the Find button only.
Searching by LSC Status
If you choose LSC status, the options that are available in the database display (for example, Operation
Pending); you can choose one of these options from the drop-down list box below the Find button.
Searching by Authentication String
To search for a phone by an authentication string, choose Authentication String and enter an
authentication string.
Searching by Device Protocol
To search for a phone by the protocol, choose Device Protocol and either enter a protocol, such as SIP,
or choose a protocol from the drop-down list box below the Find button.
Searching by Security Profile
To search for a phone by its security profile, choose Security Profile and either enter a security profile
name or choose a security profile from the drop-down list box below the Find button.
Searching by Common Device Configuration
To search for a phone by its common device configuration, choose Common Device Configuration and
either enter a common device configuration name or choose a common device configuration from the
drop-down list box below the Find button.
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Refining Search Criteria
To add additional search criteria, click the + button. When you add criteria, the system searches for a
record that matches all criteria that you specify. To remove criteria, click the – button to remove the last
added criterion or click the Clear Filter button to remove all added search criteria.
Finding All Phones in the Database
To find all phones that are registered in the database, choose Device Name from the list of fields; choose
“is not empty” from the list of patterns; then, click the Find button.
Note
The list in the Find and List Phones window does not include analog phones and fax machines that are
connected to gateways (such as a Cisco VG200). This list shows only phones that are configured in Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration.
Messages Button
By performing the following actions, you can configure a voice-messaging access number for the
messages button on Cisco Unified IP Phone, so users can access the voice-messaging system by simply
pressing the messages button:
Note
1.
Configure the voice-mail pilot number by choosing Advanced Features > Voice Mail > Voice Mail
Pilot.
2.
Configure the voice-mail profile by choosing Advanced Features > Voice Mail > Voice Mail
Profile.
3.
Choose the appropriate profile from the Voice Mail Profile field on the Directory Number
Configuration window. By default, this field uses the default voice-mail profile that uses the default
voice-mail pilot number configuration.
Typically, you can edit the default voice-mail pilot and default voice-mail profiles to configure
voice-messaging service for your site.
For more information on configuring a voice-messaging service, see Chapter 29, “Voice Mail
Connectivity to Cisco Unified Communications Manager.”
Directories Button
The Cisco Unified IP Phone can display directories of names and phone numbers. You access this
directory from the directories button on the IP phone. For end users to retrieve contacts from the
corporate directory, the administrator must enter users into the directory. Enter the contacts one at a time
by using Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration User Management (User
Management > End User). The administrator can also add multiple users in bulk by using the Bulk
Administration Tool (Bulk Administration > End User).
Other types of directories exist that can display on the IP phone: personal directory and phone directory
(such as missed calls). To find out about these directories, see the user guide for the specific Cisco
Unified IP Phone.
The URL Directories enterprise parameter defines the URL that points to the global directory for display
on the Cisco Unified IP Phone. The XML device configuration file for the phone stores this URL.
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Tip
If you are using IP addresses rather than DNS for name resolution, make sure that the URL Directories
enterprise parameter value uses the IP address of the server for the hostname.
If the phone URL was not updated correctly after the URL Directories enterprise parameter was changed,
try stopping and restarting the Cisco TFTP service; then, reset the phone.
Cisco Unified CM User Options
Cisco Unified IP Phone users access Cisco Unified CM User Options through their web browser, so they
can configure a variety of features on their phone. Some of the configurable features include user locale,
user password, call forward, speed dial, and remote destinations. By setting enterprise parameters as
either True or False, you can configure which features are made available to users; for example, you can
set the Show Speed Dial Settings enterprise parameter to False, and users cannot configure speed dials
on their phones.
For more information on how to access and use Cisco Unified CM User Options, see the phone guide for
the specific Cisco Unified IP Phone.
Maximum Phone Fallback Queue Depth Service Parameter
The Cisco CallManager service uses the Maximum Phone Fallback Queue Depth service parameter to
control the number of phones to queue on the higher priority Cisco Unified Communications Manager
when that Cisco Unified Communications Manager is available for registration. The default specifies 10
phones per second. If a primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager fails, the phones fail over to
the secondary Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The failover process happens as fast as possible
by using the priority queues to regulate the number of devices that are currently registering.
When the primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager recovers, the phones get returned to that
Cisco Unified Communications Manager; however, you do not need to remove a phone from a working
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, in this case the secondary system, as fast as possible because
the phone remains on a working system. The queue depth gets monitored (using the Maximum Phone
Fallback Queue Depth service parameter setting) to determine whether the phone that is requesting
registration gets registered now or later. If the queue depth is greater than 10 (default), the phone stays
where it is and tries later to register to the primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
In the Service Parameters Configuration window, you can modify the Maximum Phone Fallback Queue
Depth service parameter. If the performance value is set too high (the maximum setting specifies 500),
phone registrations could slow the Cisco Unified Communications Manager real-time response. If the
value is set too low (the minimum setting specifies 1), the total time for a large group of phones to return
to the primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager will be long.
Dependency Records
If you need to find what directory numbers a specific phone is using or to what phones a directory
number is assigned, choose Dependency Records from the Related Links drop-down list box on the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Phone Configuration or Directory Number
Configuration window. The Dependency Records Summary window displays information about
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directory numbers that are using the phone. To find more information about the directory number, click
the directory number, and the Dependency Records Details window displays. If the dependency records
are not enabled for the system, the dependency records summary window displays a message.
For more information about Dependency Records, see “Accessing Dependency Records” and
“Removing a Directory Number from a Phone” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide.
Phone Failover and Fallback
This section describes how phones fail over and fall back if the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
to which they are registered becomes unreachable. This section also covers conditions that can affect
calls that are associated with a phone, such as reset or restart.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Fails or Becomes Unreachable
The active Cisco Unified Communications Manager designation applies to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager from which the phone receives call-processing services. The active Cisco
Unified Communications Manager usually serves as the primary Cisco Unified Communications
Manager for that phone (unless the primary machine is not available).
If the active Cisco Unified Communications Manager fails or becomes unreachable, the phone attempts
to register with the next available Cisco Unified Communications Manager in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Group that is specified for the device pool to which the phone belongs.
The phone device reregisters with the primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager as soon as it
becomes available after a failure. See the “Maximum Phone Fallback Queue Depth Service Parameter”
section on page 42-59 for information about phone registration during failover.
Note
Phones do not fail over or fall back while a call is in progress.
Phone is Reset
If a call is in progress, the phone does not reset until the call finishes.
Where to Find More Information
Related Topics
•
Phone Configuration Checklist, page 42-2
•
Supported Cisco Unified IP Phones, page 42-6
•
Third-Party SIP Endpoints, page 42-21
•
H.323 Clients and CTI Ports, page 42-22
•
Cisco IP Communicator, page 42-22
•
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, page 42-23
•
Cisco TelePresence, page 42-23
•
Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator, page 42-23
•
Codec Usage, page 42-24
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•
Phone Button Templates, page 42-26
•
Programmable Line Keys, page 42-30
•
Softkey Templates, page 42-31
•
Softkey Template Operation, page 42-34
•
Common Phone Profiles, page 42-35
•
Methods for Adding Phones, page 42-35
•
Phone Migration, page 42-36
•
Phone Features, page 42-37
•
Phone Association, page 42-56
•
Phone Administration Tips, page 42-56
•
Phone Failover and Fallback, page 42-60
•
Licensing, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide
•
Understanding Directory Numbers, page 17-1
•
Voice Mail Connectivity to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, page 29-1
•
Enabling Autoregistration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
Guide
•
Migrating Existing Phone Configuration to a Different Phone, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide
•
Associating Devices to an End User, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
•
User/Phone Add Configuration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
•
Phone Button Template Configuration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
Guide
•
Common Phone Profile Configuration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
Guide
•
SIP Dial Rule Configuration Settings, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
Guide
•
SIP Profile Configuration Settings, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
•
Phone NTP Reference Configuration Settings, Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide
•
Service Parameter Configuration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
•
Barge and Privacy, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide
•
Call Park and Directed Call Park, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services
Guide
•
Call Pickup, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide
•
Immediate Divert, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide
•
Quality Report Tool, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide
•
Presence, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide
•
Calling Party Normalization, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide
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Where to Find More Information
•
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services
Guide
•
Using the International Escape Character +, page 16-22,
Additional Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation
•
Phone administration documentation that supports your phone and this version of Cisco Unified
Communications Manager
•
Cisco Unified IP Phone user documentation
•
Firmware release notes for your phone
•
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide
•
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide
•
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Assistant User Guide
•
Cisco IP Communicator Administration Guide
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